Symbols of Longevity: Deer under Peach and Pine (Pine) (right)

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Artist: Toda Tadanaka (Japanese, 1761–1823)
Date: 1801
Medium: Pair of hanging scrolls; ink and color on silk (ivory roller ends)
Dimensions: overall: height 1.978 m, width 0.687 m; painting only: height 1.351 m, width 0.54 m; scroll: height 1.978 m, width 0.746 m
Origin: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department: Japanese Art
Holding institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Palette: Limestone Honey · Yellow family · #D3BB88 · 67%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #806E47 · 14%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #A98D61 · 8%

Faded Gilt · Yellow family · #B69C6E · 6%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #544F2E · 4%

Wheat Straw · Yellow family · #CAA564 · <1%

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Flax Ground · Yellow family · #B5B48A · <1%

Shell Cameo · Pink family · #C58179 · <1%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #EADCC2 · <1%

Sandstone Orange · Orange family · #CC7354 · <1%

Waxed Cedar · Orange family · #BF6445 · <1%

Oxidized Bronze · Green family · #5A7268 · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #B0AB9E · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #4D3E4A · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #3A4140 · <1%

Sage Plaster · Green family · #A0B398 · <1%

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Image provider: cleveland-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Gift of the Kelvin Smith Family

12 tags

Animal Portrait Visual · 96%

A single antlered deer is the dominant, highly individualized subject, shown in full profile with a spotted coat, expressive face, and carefully rendered branching antlers.
Figures in Nature Visual · 96%

The deer is positioned within an outdoor setting of tree branches, leaves, fruit, grasses, flowers, rocks, and a large trunk.
Flora Visual · 99%

Branches, foliage, rounded fruit, grasses, and flowering ground plants occupy substantial areas of the composition.
Symbolic Composition Metadata · 94%

The catalog title explicitly identifies the work as part of Symbols of Longevity, supporting a composition organized around auspicious natural imagery.

Earth Tones Visual · 95%

The palette is dominated by ocher, brown, olive green, gray, and pale beige, accented by pink-red fruit and small red seals.
Highly Detailed Visual · 95%

The tree, deer, foliage, grasses, rocks, flowers, antlers, and fur are rendered with numerous fine lines and localized color details.
Asymmetrical Visual · 96%

The massive tree occupies the left side while the deer stands lower and toward the center-right, leaving a large open area on the right.

Painting Metadata · 99%

The Cleveland Museum of Art classifies the work as a painting and records the medium as ink and color on silk.
Hanging Scroll Both · 99%

The catalog identifies a pair of hanging scrolls, and the supplied image visibly shows the vertical scroll format and mounting.
East Asian Ink-and-Wash Painting Both · 92%

The work is an East Asian ink-and-color painting on silk, with visible ink-wash passages and detailed brushwork in the Japanese painting tradition.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to 1801, within the nineteenth century.

Japanese Art Metadata · 99%

The place of origin is Japan, and the museum classifies it within Japanese Art.

Toda Tadanaka (Japanese, 1761–1823). Symbols of Longevity: Deer under Peach and Pine (Pine) (right). Cleveland Museum of Art.