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Is “Tethered Hawks” in the public domain?

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Yes. “Tethered Hawks” is public domain and released under CC0, so it is free to download and reuse for any purpose, including commercially, with no permission needed.

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Who created “Tethered Hawks”?

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Soga Chokuan (before 1606).

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Where is “Tethered Hawks” from?

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It is catalogued from the open collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and is free to reuse under CC0.

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Yes. As a CC0 public-domain work it can be used commercially, modified and redistributed with no fee and no attribution required.

Title	Tethered Hawks
Artist	Soga Chokuan
Date	before 1606 16th century
Medium	Twelve paintings mounted as a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on paper
Classification	Paintings
Origin	Japan Japan
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2018
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

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