狩野周信筆 秋冬花鳥図屏風|Birds and Flowers of Autumn and Winter
early 18th century
Medium
Six-panel folding screen; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 61 1/8 in. × 11 ft. 7 3/4 in. (155.3 × 355 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Richard W. Courts, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Watson, 1966
Accession Number
66.149
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite six-panel folding screen,Birds and Flowers of Autumn and Winter*, painted by Kano Chikanobu in the early 18th, exemplifies the grandeur of Edo-period Japanese art. Chikanobu, a master the Kano school—the dominant professional painting lineage in Japan for centuries—created this work during a time of relative peace and cultural flourishing under the Tokugawa shogunate. Folding screens like this *byōbu* were prized luxury items, adorning the homes of samurai, merchants, and nobility as room dividers and focal points for contemplation. Rendered in vibrant ink and color on silk, th...
About the Artist
Kano Chikanobu (Japanese) · 1660 –1728
Japanese, 1660–1728