Birds and Flowers

Kano Shōei, late 1500s

Artist

Kano Shōei (Japanese, 1519–1592)

Date

late 1500s

Culture or place

Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615)

Medium

One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper

Size

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.)

Type

Painting

Museum

Cleveland Museum of Art

Licence

CC0: free to use, no permission needed