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Birds and Flowers

花鳥図屏風

late 1500s
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Kano Mitsunobu 狩野光信

(Japanese, 1565–1608)

and Kano Shōei 狩野松栄

(Japanese, 1519–1592)
Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615)
Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper
Image: 155.5 x 340 cm (61 1/4 x 133 7/8 in.)
Gift of William G. Mather 1948.128
Location: not on view
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The inscriptions on these screens are not signatures of the artist, but instead an attribution to the painter Kano Eitoku (1543–1590) by his youngest brother, Kano Naganobu (1577–1654).

Description

The landscape depicted in this pair of screens follows a seasonal progression from right to left, starting with the blossoming plum of early spring and ending with late autumn peonies. A variety of smaller birds are positioned throughout the scene, and a trio of swimming ducks is bracketed by early summer irises and early autumn bellflowers at the center. While some raptors (birds of prey) terrorize a pheasant and an egret (a waterfowl) to the right, a peacock and peahen converse to the left. Hawks are associated with military prowess, while the peafowl suggest cultural prestige.
A pair of large, six-panel, horizontally folding screens depicting landscapes of seasonal progressions, including nature and birds. The top scene depicts raptors circling and attacking two other birds. The bottom scene depicts a peacock and a peahen facing each other.

Birds and Flowers

late 1500s

Kano Mitsunobu, Kano Shōei

(Japanese, 1565–1608), (Japanese, 1519–1592)
Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615)

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