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Birds and Flowers

Kano Yukinobu 狩野之信

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two tall, narrow, hanging scrolls side by side on a wall. The scrolls have a brown top section and a brown patterned bottom section. The top sections have two long black strips with gold designs. The center sections are beige with a black strip at the top featuring gold designs. The main images are black and white paintings of trees and flowers. The left painting features a tree on a hill to the left. The right painting features a bare tree over water and flowers on the right. The scrolls have a simple, traditional design with a focus on natural scenery. The artist is Kano Yukinobu 狩野之信, and the title is "Birds and Flowers".

Artwork details

Date:
mid-16th century
Medium:
Diptych of hanging scrolls; ink on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
427 × 624 px
Museum record:
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