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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.
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Japan / c. 1834

Cranes on snow-covered pine

Cranes on snow-covered pine

Look closely at Cranes on snow-covered pine. A pair of white, blue, pink, and black cranes, one with wing extended, perch on a wide, knotty, snow-covered pine branch.

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What does this image choose to preserve? The Art Institute dates Cranes on snow-covered pine to c. 1834.

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Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎 Japanese, 1760-1849 made this print. The museum dates it c. 1834.

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