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Crane Design for Sword-Guard

Artist: Yamamoto Baiitsu

two outlines of circular sword guard vertically arranged; top circle has upside-down image of waves at the top, and a flying crane's legs and tail feathers; lower image with white crane with wings spread, looking at viewer in profile at top; pine branches at bottom; crane's wings extend outside the circular outline; background of both images is a rusty orange-brown with brown and tan; when folded together, the two images form the top and bottom design for a sword guard; on very thin paper, mounted to paper backing

Date
first half 19th century
In our collection
since May the 21st, 2015 up to now
Dimensions
7 1/4 × 3 3/4 in. (18.42 × 9.53 cm) 10 × 5 15/16 in. (25.4 × 15.08 cm) (mount, paper mount) 10 1/2 × 7 in. (26.67 × 17.78 cm) (mount, cardboard frame/mount)
Location
Not on View
Medium
Ink and colors on paper
Price
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Composition
oxygen84%
cadmium16%