Birds and Flowers
late 1500s
Kano Mitsunobu
Kano Mitsunobu (Japanese, 1565–1608)
Japanese Art
Birds and Flowers, late 1500s. Kano Mitsunobu (Japanese, 1565–1608), Kano Shōei (Japanese, 1519–1592). 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William G. Mather 1948.128 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).
- Maker/Artist
- Kanō Mitsunobu
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 155.5 x 340 cm (61 1/4 x 133 7/8 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1948.128
- Credit Line
- Gift of William G. Mather
- Exhibitions
- Japanese Screens from the Museum and Cleveland Collections, Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen, Byobu: The Art of the Japanese Screen, Autumn Grasses: Arts of the Momoyama Period (1573-1615), Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection, The Legacy of Japanese Art, Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art, Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art, <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 121)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 12-July 13, 2004).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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