High-resolution facsimile of 18th-century masterpiece Flock of Cranes donated to Hyogo Prefectural Museum of History through the Tsuzuri Project
Japan, Feb. 24 -- Canon Inc. announced that the Tsuzuri Project (officially, the Cultural Heritage Inheritance Project), a joint project organized by Canon and the Kyoto Culture Association (NPO), has donated to the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of History a high-resolution facsimile of Flock of Cranes, a pair of six-panel folding screens painted on gilded paper by Y?tei Ishida.Born in 1721 in Akashi, modern-day Hyogo Prefecture, Ishida was an artist of the Tsurusawa school (a branch of the renowned Kano school). Flock of Cranes showcases Ishida's signature style, which combines realism with decorative flourishes. Upon close observation, several species of crane can be distinguished-such as the red-crowned crane, white-naped crane, and hooded cr...
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