Old man and crane
Old man and crane

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Old man and crane,

19th century

Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2015-932

Information

Title
Old man and crane
Dates

19th century

Medium
Ink and color on paper
Credit Line
Museum Collection
Object Number
2015-932
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Inscription
inscribed lower right
Marks/Labels/Seals
black seal/mark lower right
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
workshop art, drawings
Materials
ink, paper
Subject
sticks, cranes, men

–ca. 1890 Purchased by Allan Marquand(?) 1890-ca. 1892 Allan Marquand, by gift or transfer to the Princeton University Art Museum. Note: 1890 (academic year) purchase likely corresponds to an entry in Allan Marquand’s Day Book, p. 43, that records a purchase of Japanese Drawings for $500.

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