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Cranes on snow-covered pine

A pair of white, blue, pink, and black cranes, one with wing extended, perch on a wide, knotty, snow-covered pine branch.
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  • A pair of white, blue, pink, and black cranes, one with wing extended, perch on a wide, knotty, snow-covered pine branch.

Date:

c. 1834

Artist:

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎
Japanese, 1760-1849

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Katsushika Hokusai

Title

Cranes on snow-covered pine

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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1829–1839

Medium

Color woodblock print; vertical nagaban

Dimensions

52.4 × 23.5 cm (20 5/8 × 9 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1925.2331

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