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Crane and Their Young in Their Nest in the Branches of a Pine-tree

Utagawa Toyoharu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Three-panel artwork with beige background and green pine tree branches. The tree's thick trunk is on the right panel, with a nest on a branch in the middle panel. The nest contains three baby birds. An adult bird stands above the nest, and another adult bird flies above it. The left panel shows a small section of a pine tree branch at the top. The artwork includes vertical black Japanese text on the middle-right section. The artwork has a vintage appearance with darker spots on the beige background.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Triptych of woodblock prints (surimono enriched with gold); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 291 px
Museum record:
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