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Flowers and Birds in a Spring Landscape

Kano MotonobuLinkedCulture matchlcp-96fdd5ef9028

Date: 1500s
Medium: One of a set of sliding door panels mounted as hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper
Culture: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
Department: Japanese Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 145373

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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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Credit line: Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Provenance: ?–1970: (Gatodo Gallery Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1970–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH