Career Timeline: 1984
The Golden Triangle
“I did this drawing in France, but it was the first picture I drew with the intention of selling it in the United States, as a serigraph. It turned out to be very successful. This picture gave me the idea of doing another series, which became the Starwatcher series.”
—Moebius, from The Art of Moebius, Byron Press/Starwatcher Graphics, 1989
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This 1805 illustration (artist unknown) from the Waseda University Theater Museum shows a mermaid that was reportedly captured in Toyama Bay. According to the accompanying text, the creature measured 10.6 meters (35 ft) long.
人魚図一名海雷
人魚圖 絵師不明 1805年
“人魚圖 一名海雷 越中國放生渕四方浦ト申所ニて猟舩をなやましさまたげ候ゆへ鉄炮四百五十挺ニ而うちとめる 頭 三尺五寸 丈 三丈五尺 髪ノ毛長サ 壹丈八尺 両腹ニ目三ツ宛有 角丸ク二本 金色也 下腹朱の如く赤き也 鰭に唐草の如キ筋有 尾ハ鯉のごとし なく声ハ壱里もひゞき候 此魚を一度見る人ハ寿命長久し悪事災難をのがれ一生仕合よく福徳幸を得るとなり 文化二丑五月” 参照 「文書館 日本とその隣国のセイレーン」
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