Cranes

Nagasawa Rosetsu 長澤蘆雪, late 1780s

Artist

Nagasawa Rosetsu 長澤蘆雪 (Japanese, 1754–1799)

Date

late 1780s

Culture or place

Japan

Medium

Pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper

Size

Image (each scroll): 61 7/16 x 35 7/8 in. (156 x 91.2 cm) Overall with mounting (each scroll): 84 x 36 3/4 in. (213.4 x 93.3 cm) Overall with knobs (each scroll): 84 x 39 1/4 in. (213.4 x 99.7 cm)

Type

Paintings

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed