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Sparrow in Bamboo from Ōkyo Picture Book

Maruyama Ōkyo

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image shows an open book with a painting of a bird on a branch. The book is old and worn, with yellowed pages that are slightly darker around the edges. The painting depicts a small bird perched on a diagonal branch that extends from the bottom-left corner towards the center-right side of the left page. The bird faces left, has a white chest and belly, and a gray back with black spots. Its beak is open, and it appears to be looking at something outside the frame. The branch has several smaller branches extending from it, some of which have leaves or needles painted in black ink. The background of the painting is the off-white color of the paper. The right page of the book is blank except for the off-white color of the paper.

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900 × 680 px
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