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Crow on a Rock

Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white painting of a crow on a rock. The crow is dark with a white eye and some white feathers around its beak. The crow has one black foot on a rocky outcropping. The crow's head is lowered and its right wing is raised and spread. The background is light gray with dark leaves on a branch in the top right. A red seal is in the bottom left corner with some black Japanese writing beside it. The image has a thin gold border.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1887
Medium:
Album leaf; ink and color on silk
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
481 × 625 px
Museum record:
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