Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Two Baskets in The Tongue-Cut Sparrow
Two contrasting scenes show an old man beside a small sparrow and an old woman confronted by monsters. The paired woodcut illustrates the different rewards in The Tongue-Cut Sparrow.
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Japanese artists; individual maker not identified. "The Two Baskets in The Tongue-Cut Sparrow" [editorial title]. In Tales of Old Japan, A. B. Mitford. Both volumes, 1871, undated edition. Source scan leaf 279. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0655-0279
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Japanese artists; individual maker not identified. The Two Baskets in The Tongue-Cut Sparrow. Tales of Old Japan. Scan leaf 279. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0655-0279