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This painting on a hanging scroll depicts a man, a crane, and a tree. The crane is to the bottom left of the painting with the man standing above it slightly to the right. A tree stands leaning to the left in the background and appears to have some flowering buds. The crane looks up to the man while the man looks up to the tree. There is an inscription above the man followed by a red seal. 
Nagasawa Rosetsu
Man with Crane
1780 – 1799
Gift of John J. Schloss
2000/2.150
The figure is kneeling musician on lotus seat, made of separately carved petals. Below the seat, there is a base, which consists of two lotus-shaped half-sphere, connected up-side-down. The head has two buns, elongated ears, simplified facial parts; the figure wears a pink robe with wide sleeves, holding a sort of instrument with hands.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Celestial Musician (Japanese, Hiten; Sanskrit, Apsara)
670 – 700
Gift of John J. Schloss
1999/2.14

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Pian hu (flask)
9500 BCE
Gift of John J. Schloss
2003/2.73
In this hanging scroll, a priest holds a bell up in the air. The priest appears to be older and is painted in black with solid unpatterned robes. Above him is a four-line inscription flanked by one red seal on the upper right and two red seals on the lower left that follow another line of inscription likely to be the painter's name. 
Taishin
Fuke (Priest Bell)
1600 – 1799
Gift of John J. Schloss
2000/2.151
This painting on a hanging scroll depicts two characters. One is the man in the foreground dressed in a white garment, a patterned and colorful belt, black boots, a hat, and wields a sheathed sword on his left (the viewer's right). The individual on the left is a smaller man with a deformed head and appears to be playing a wind instrument. That man appears to be much less decorated and wears straw clothes and an anklet. There is an inscription on the lower left side followed by a red seal.  
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Shôki the Demon Queller
1700 – 1899
Gift of John J. Schloss
2002/2.349
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