Birds and Flowers

Attributed to Kano Yukinobu 狩野之信 Japanese

mid-16th century

Not on view

The lively depiction of birds in natural settings with seasonal trees and flowers was a favorite theme in early ink painting and a hallmark of the Kano school of painters led by Kano Motonobu (ca. 1476–1559). This rendition attributed to Motonobu's brother, Yukinobu, is in the ink-wash style inspired by the Southern Song painter Muqi (late 13th–early 14th century), which uses tonal variations of ink instead of outlines to define the soft forms of feathers and flowers.

Artwork Details

伝狩野之信筆　花鳥図
Title: Birds and Flowers
Artist: Attributed to Kano Yukinobu 狩野之信 (Japanese, ca. 1513–1575)
Period: Muromachi period (1392–1573)
Date: mid-16th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Diptych of hanging scrolls; ink on paper
Dimensions: 39 1/8 x 16 3/4 in. (99.4 x 42.5 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Object Number: 36.100.91, .92
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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Moon over an Autumn Moor, Kano Yukinobu 狩野之信 Japanese, Originally a fan mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, color, and silver on gilded paper, Japan — Moon over an Autumn Moor
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