Cranes with young

Two white cranes with black-tipped wings and tail feathers perch among the green needle clusters of a gnarled pine branch extending from a rocky outcrop at lower right, their necks raised and beaks open as if calling. A pale red sun or moon sits in the upper left of a soft peach-to-white gradient sky, with the artist's signature and red seal at upper right. The palette is muted — cream, sage green, and rust-brown — giving the scene a quiet, still mood. *Cranes with Young*, by Ogata Gekko, mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock print), year unknown.