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Maruyama Ōkyo
Cranes1772, An'ei period (1772-1780)

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Japanese six-panel folding screen painted in ink and color on gold leaf, depicting eight red-crowned cranes in varied poses against a plain gold ground
Japanese six-panel folding screen with ink and color on gold leaf, depicting eight red-crowned cranes in various poses — standing, preening, and stretching necks upward — rendered in white, black, and gray against an unmodulated gold ground.
Artist or Maker
Maruyama Ōkyo
Japan, 1733-1795
Title
Cranes
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1772, An'ei period (1772-1780)
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper
Dimensions
.1-.2) Mount: 67 1/4 x 137 3/4 x 3/4 in. (170.82 x 349.89 x 1.91 cm) each
Credit Line
Gift of Camilla Chandler Frost in honor of Robert T. Singer
Accession Number
M.2011.106.1-.2
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.