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Poem-painting “When the nightingale returns...” by Ōtagaki Rengetsu — VisualArtsDB

Poem-painting “When the nightingale returns...”

Poem-painting “When the nightingale returns...”

Ōtagaki Rengetsu

1868

Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 11 3/8 x 49 1/8 in. (28.9 x 124.8 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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