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Soga Shōhaku
Cranescirca 1765-1770

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Six-panel folding screen, ink on paper, depicting a flock of cranes among reeds, rocks, and pine trees, with gestural brushwork in tones of gray and black on ivory paper

Soga Shōhaku, Cranes, circa 1765-1770, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Jerry Louise and Robert Johnson, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Soga Shōhaku
Japan, 1730-1781
Title
Cranes
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
circa 1765-1770
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
One from a pair of six-panel screens; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 61 1/8 × 142 5/8 in. (155.26 × 362.27 cm) Mount: 67 7/8 × 149 1/4 × 5/8 in. (172.4 × 379.1 × 1.59 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jerry Louise and Robert Johnson
Accession Number
M.81.204.2
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art

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