en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tako_to_ama_retouched.jpg

[Clerkenwell]

Could not resist myself in the other thread, and since I incl.ed a pointer to this famous japanese woodcut.

 

NB: the wikipedia page with add. info is here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dream_of_the_Fisherman%27s_Wife#History_and_description

 

It does contain a rather good transl. of the text part. However caveat emptor; the page also includes some rather problematic assumptions.

 

also many in .jp will tell you the artist's mom was very likely a hooker herself.

[Bayernbulle]

ecco l´"aria della piovra" "Un dì, ero piccina" cantata dalla stupenda Magda Olivero

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJBi8tFEEqc]Magda Olivero "Un di ero piccina" Iris - YouTube[/ame]