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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.
Ukiyo-e

Cranes on snow-covered pine

Katsushika Hokusai
artist Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎, Japanese, 1760-1849
date c. 1834
medium Color woodblock print; vertical nagaban
origin Japan
dimensions 52.4 × 23.5 cm
credit line Clarence Buckingham Collection
hall 08 Ukiyo-e
rights public domain (CC0)

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