id: 125885 accession number: 1948.128.1 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1948.128.1 updated: 2023-08-23 20:37:13.183000 Birds and Flowers, late 1500s. Attributed to Kano Shōei (Japanese, 1519–1592). One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper; image: 155.9 x 339.4 cm (61 3/8 x 133 5/8 in.); overall: 168.5 x 352.2 cm (66 5/16 x 138 11/16 in.); closed: 172.5 x 61 x 11.3 cm (67 15/16 x 24 x 4 7/16 in.); with frame: 171.7 x 355.4 cm (67 5/8 x 139 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William G. Mather 1948.128.1 title: Birds and Flowers title in original language: 花鳥図屏風 series: series in original language: creation date: late 1500s creation date earliest: 1540 creation date latest: 1592 current location: 235A Japanese creditline: Gift of William G. Mather copyright: --- culture: Japan, Momoyama period (1573-1615) technique: One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper department: Japanese Art collection: ASIAN - Folding screen type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Kano Shōei (Japanese, 1519–1592) - artist --- measurements: Image: 155.9 x 339.4 cm (61 3/8 x 133 5/8 in.); Overall: 168.5 x 352.2 cm (66 5/16 x 138 11/16 in.); Closed: 172.5 x 61 x 11.3 cm (67 15/16 x 24 x 4 7/16 in.); with frame: 171.7 x 355.4 cm (67 5/8 x 139 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Autumn Grasses: Arts of the Momoyama Period (1573-1615) opening date: 1988-10-04T04:00:00 Autumn Grasses: Arts of the Momoyama Period (1573-1615). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 4-December 11, 1988). title: The Legacy of Japanese Art opening date: 1996-10-01T00:00:00 The Legacy of Japanese Art. Chiba City Museum of Art (organizer) (October 1-November 10, 1996). title: Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 1998-02-21T00:00:00 Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998). title: Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2001-07-15T00:00:00 Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 15-September 16, 2001). title: Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2014-01-15T00:00:00 Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (January 15-February 23, 2014); Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (July 8-August 31, 2014). title: Animals in Japanese Art (Japanese art rotation) opening date: 2023-06-24T04:00:00 Animals in Japanese Art (Japanese art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24-December 10, 2023). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 121). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 12-July 13, 2004). --- PROVENANCE William G. Mather [1857–1951], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?–1948 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1948- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Military class patrons frequently requested scenes depicting predation, such as hunting scenes that were inserted as additional subject matter in otherwise tranquil vistas celebrating flora and fauna. digital description: wall description: The landscape depicted in this pair of screens follows a seasonal progression from right to left, starting with the blossoming plum of early spring and ending with late autumn peonies. A variety of smaller birds are positioned throughout the scene, and a trio of swimming ducks is bracketed by early summer irises and early autumn bellflowers at the center. While some raptors (birds of prey) terrorize a pheasant and an egret (a waterfowl) to the right, a peacock and peahen converse to the left. Hawks are associated with military prowess, while the peafowl suggest cultural prestige. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Chiba-shi Bijutsukan. Shugyoku no Nihon bijutsu: Hosomi korekushon no zenbō to Bosuton, Kurīburando, Sakkurā no wadaisaku : kaikan isshūnen kinen. Chiba-shi: Chiba-shi Bijutsukan, 1996. page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 81, p. 98 url: Cleveland Museum of Art. Tōyō kaiga no seika: Kurīvurando Bijutsukan no korekushon kara : tokubetsuten. 1998. page number: Reproduced: pp. 120-122, cat. no. 80 url: Cleveland Museum of Art, and Michael R. Cunningham. Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. page number: Reproduced: pp.18-19 url: Admired from afar: masterworks of Japanese painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art [クリーブランド美術館展 : 名画でたどる日本の美 Kurīburando Bijutsukan ten: meiga de tadoru Nihon no bi ]. Tokyo: Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan, 2014. page number: Reproduced: cat. no. 29, pp. 90-91 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1948.128.1/1948.128.1_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1948.128.1/1948.128.1_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1948.128.1/1948.128.1_full.tif