“Usho” (Cormorant Fisherman) by Kosei Tateno, 1982
Piazza Gavinana
Florence, December 2024
“A Japanese man in the traditional costume of a fisherman, leans over a basket holding the neck of a cormorant, a sea-bird, with his proper right hand as he rests his proper left hand on the bird's back. The bird is standing on the lid of a basket. The man wears sandals, a long pleated skirt, a rope and belt at his waist, an apron-like bib, and a long-sleeved shirt. A pointed scarf covers his hair and is tied over his forehead. The sculpture is mounted on a short base that sits on a concrete pad.” (Cormorant Fisherman, Smithsonian)
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