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Three Raccoon Dogs

Mori Sosen 森狙仙

Vertical format color painting with three brown racoons in the lower half, against a blank background. The racoons, each in a different posture, have very finely executed fur of individual hairs, and yellow-golden colored eyes. — Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, 49 1/2 × 21 5/16 in (image). Public Domain

Artist
Mori Sosen

Subject Area
Creatures of the Land

Artistic Techniques
Shasei

More about this art at
Minneapolis Institute of Art ↗

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