id:			145373
accession number:	1970.6.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.6.1
updated:		2023-03-11 20:50:53.173000

Flowers and Birds in a Spring Landscape, 1500s. Attributed to Kano Motonobu (Japanese, c. 1476–1559). One of a set of sliding door panels mounted as hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper; painting only: 177.1 x 137.1 cm (69 3/4 x 54 in.); including mounting: 259.1 x 151.1 cm (102 x 59 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1970.6.1

title:				Flowers and Birds in a Spring Landscape
title in original language:	春花鳥図
series:				
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creation date:			1500s
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1559
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creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
technique:	One of a set of sliding door panels mounted as hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	ASIAN - Hanging scroll
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Kano Motonobu (Japanese, c. 1476–1559)  - artist

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measurements: Painting only: 177.1 x 137.1 cm (69 3/4 x 54 in.); Including mounting: 259.1 x 151.1 cm (102 x 59 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 237)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH<br>(May 29-December 23, 2013).

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PROVENANCE

	(Gatodo Gallery Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1970
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1970-
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wall description:
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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Stern, Harold P. <em>Birds, Beasts, Blossoms, and Bugs: The Nature of Japan</em>. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1976.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 12, pp. 38-39
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 378
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n398

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1970.6.1/1970.6.1_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1970.6.1/1970.6.1_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1970.6.1/1970.6.1_full.tif