Minowa, Kanasugi, Mikawashima, No. 102

About this print

This serene Japanese woodblock print depicts a wetland scene with two elegant cranes as the focal points - one captured mid-flight with wings spread against a soft blue-to-cream gradient sky, and another standing gracefully in the foreground marshland. A delicate cherry tree with pink blossoms frames the right side, while rice fields stretch across the middle ground under a peachy sunset horizon, creating a harmonious composition typical of Edo period landscape art.