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Two Cranes

1795

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink on silk

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Dimensions

Image: 42 5/8 × 15 1/2 in. (108.2 × 39.3 cm) Overall with mounting: 74 3/16 × 20 3/16 in. (188.5 × 51.3 cm) Overall with knobs: 74 3/16 × 22 1/2 in. (188.5 × 57.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015

Classification

Paintings

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

About Itō Jakuchū

1716–1800 • Japan

Painter and printmaker of the Middle Edo period. He studied the methods of the Kanō School, but soon became dissatisfied and began to turn to the works of the Chinese masters of the Song and Yuan periods for inspiration. He believed the true art of painting lay in the faithful representation of nature, excelling in depictions of plants and animals. His work is distinguished by bright colors, decorative patterns, and intense attention to detail.

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