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Four Crows in a Tree
Also titled Vier kraaien in een boom
Mano Kyōtei (Japan, 1874–1934)
c. 1900 - c. 1925
- Medium
- silk
- Classification
- hanging scroll
- Dimensions
- height 124.7 cm x width 51 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Hotei Japanese Prints, 2001)
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
About this work
Kyōtei was known for his paintings of crows, which he characterized most aptly. He laid down the birds’ gleaming plumage on the silk with pitch-black strokes of ink, while the branches of the tree are painted in various tones of grey to create depth.
