The Bird's Nest Patriarch

Tawaraya Sōtatsu (Japanese, c. 1570–c. 1640)

Title	The Bird's Nest Patriarch
Artist	Tawaraya Sōtatsu (Japanese, c. 1570–c. 1640)
Date	early to mid-1600s
Medium	hanging scroll; ink on paper
Classification	Painting
Origin	Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

Themes: Ornithological plates

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“The Bird's Nest Patriarch” is a work by Tawaraya Sōtatsu (Japanese, c. 1570–c. 1640), dated early to mid-1600s. It is executed in hanging scroll; ink on paper and classified as painting. In this archive it sits within the ornithological plates tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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