Title: Taming Cranes among the Pines
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: 1919
Culture: Japan
Period: Taishō period (1912–26)
Artist:  Tajika Chikuson 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1864–1922
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: Image: 68 3/4 × 20 9/16 in. (174.6 × 52.3 cm)
Overall with mounting: 95 1/8 × 26 1/2 in. (241.6 × 67.3 cm)
Overall with knobs: 95 1/8 × 29 1/8 in. (241.6 × 74 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2023
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY