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White Heron by Tawaraya Sôtatsu — VisualArtsDB

White Heron

White Heron

Tawaraya Sôtatsu

1600–1633

Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions: Image: 42 15/16 × 17 11/16 in. (109 × 44.9 cm) Overall with mounting: 79 1/8 × 22 13/16 in. (201 × 57.9 cm) Overall with knobs: 79 1/8 × 25 9/16 in. (201 × 64.9 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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