# Four Crows in a Tree

- By: Mano Kyōtei (Japan, 1874–1934)
- Date: c. 1900 - c. 1925
- Medium: silk
- Classification: hanging scroll
- Dimensions: height 124.7 cm x width 51 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Hotei Japanese Prints, 2001)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-MAK-1715--776edf9d59724ee8f6d9473df7ac0bfd)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/fdf7dcb81d6e82fe805de3dc11c38757.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.