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Panel

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dark blue panel with a landscape design at the bottom. The landscape features trees with pink trunks and white and pink clouds. A waterfall is on the right. Several white cranes are flying. Three white flowers are scattered across the top. The panel is rectangular with a wide top section and a bottom section that has three equal landscape sections. The background behind the panel is light blue. The artist and title of the panel are unknown.

Artwork details

Date:
early 19th century
Medium:
Indigo blue dyed cotton ground with cranes, tortoises, pines and bamboo reserved in white and painted in dyes
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 544 px
Museum record:
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