Ningyo 人魚

Ningyo 人魚

Vinz Schwarzbauer, 2019

Drawing
29 x 42 x 0 cm
Ink on Paper

€ 590

incl. shipping within the EU

About Ningyo 人魚

Ningyo (人魚, “human fish”) is a legendary fish-like being from Japanese folklore, often compared to a mermaid. It’s typically described with a mouth resembling a monkey’s, small fish-like teeth, and shimmering golden scales. Its voice is said to be soft, similar to a skylark or a flute. Folklore claims that anyone who eats its flesh gains eternal life, yet catching a Ningyo is considered bad luck, causing storms and misfortune. Fishermen who accidentally catch one traditionally return it to the sea. If a Ningyo washes ashore, it’s viewed as an ominous sign of impending disaster.

Sold and shipped by Vinz Schwarzbauer.

About Vinz Schwarzbauer

Vinz Schwarzbauer (*1987 in Graz, Austria) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in 2014. In 2011/12, he spent a year in Hamburg on the Art School Alliance Scholarship at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg (HFBK). He was a co-founder of the magazine for narrative drawing "Franz the Lonely Austrionaut" and has illustrated for renowned media and theaters such as Falter, Jacobin Magazine, Der Standard, Burgtheater Wien, and Residenztheater München. His comic debut Mäander was published by Edition Moderne in 2023. Vinz Schwarzbauer lives and works as a comic artist and illustrator in Vienna, Austria.


More artworks by Vinz Schwarzbauer from this series

Oni 鬼
Oni 鬼
Vinz Schwarzbauer, 2018
€ 332
Happyaku Bikuni 八百比丘尼
Happyaku Bikuni 八百比丘尼
Vinz Schwarzbauer, 2019
€ 590
Tanuki 狸
Tanuki 狸
Vinz Schwarzbauer, 2020
€ 590
Shirime  尻目
Shirime 尻目
Vinz Schwarzbauer, 2020
€ 590
Namazu-e  鯰絵
Namazu-e 鯰絵
Vinz Schwarzbauer, 2019
€ 590
Kitsune 狐
Kitsune 狐
Vinz Schwarzbauer, 2020
€ 590

Other artist's artworks

Inseln Im Wasser 5
Inseln Im Wasser 5
Hoa Luo
€ 240
Jacaranda mimosifolia
Jacaranda mimosifolia
Botánica Baleárica, 2025
€ 65
The model III
The model III
Ptit Marc, 2022
€ 580
The Impressionists 1
The Impressionists 1
Patrik Muchenberger, 2021
€ 240
Dots
Dots
Mo Häusler, 2021
€ 413
2
2
Andrei Moldovan, 2024
€ 690
Global 12
Global 12
Anne Suttner, 2009
€ 250
Snake Plant
Snake Plant
Andrei Moldovan, 2021
€ 438
Galanthus
Galanthus
Isabel Mischka, 2022
€ 520
Da Capo
Da Capo
Mo Häusler, 2006
€ 413
Bad Guy
Bad Guy
Mo Häusler, 2021
€ 438
Stillleben mit Stacheln
Stillleben mit Stacheln
Mo Häusler, 2021
€ 520