Flowers and Birds in a Spring Landscape

The Cleveland Museum of Art · Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund

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Flowers and Birds in a Spring Landscape

1500s

ArtistKano Motonobu (Japanese, c. 1476–1559)

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Medium: One of a set of sliding door panels mounted as hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Painting only: 177.1 x 137.1 cm (69 3/4 x 54 in.); Including mounting: 259.1 x 151.1 cm (102 x 59 1/2 in.)
Classification: Painting
Style: ASIAN - Hanging scroll
Origin: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund

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Provenance

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?–1970

(Gatodo Gallery Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1970–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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(Gatodo Gallery Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 237). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 29-December 23, 2013).

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These four paintings originally decorated sliding doors that partitioned the interiors of Japanese buildings. Painters from the Kano school, named after the artist Kano Motonobu (1476–1559), were major forces in the production of screens and architectural interiors in Kyoto. When he headed the workshop, his work was prized by the upper strata of society. Kano is credited with combining the subtlety of Chinese black ink painting, as seen in the rocks and hills, with the color and realism of Japanese painting, seen in the birds and flowers. Landscape scenes like this were prized by the elite of Kyoto, both for their contemplative aesthetic and their patrons’ refined taste.

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