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Title: The Three Cranes
Author: Hiroshige; Hiroshige Ando
Book: Tokugawa Maps – Panoramic View of the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Highway
Publisher: Edo, Tokei, 1851
Call Number: G7962.T6 A35 1851 A6
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The Three Cranes
by Hiroshige; Hiroshige Ando
A pair of resplendent cranes soars over the procession of travellers in Ando Hiroshige’s Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Highway. The graceful and mysterious bird was a favoured animal of the Japanese aristocrats and has long fascinated artists. Cranes were said to live for a thousand years and were often used as a decorative symbol to represent luck, loyalty and longevity.
This image can be found in UBC Library's Rare Books and Special Collections (G7962.T6 A35 1851 A6).
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