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Birds and Flowers

花鳥図

mid-1400s–early 1500s

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attributed to Sesshū Tōyō 雪舟等楊

(Japanese, 1420–1506)

Japan, Muromachi period

(1392–1573)

Hanging scroll from a triptych; ink and color on silk

Image: 55.9 x 53.4 cm (22 x 21 in.); Overall: 117 x 58 cm (46 1/16 x 22 13/16 in.)

Gift of Mrs. A. Dean Perry 1964.157.2

Location

not on view

Description

This is one of two paintings possibly by Sesshū Tōyō. They once flanked a central scroll with an ink landscape. The unbalanced nature of the compositions, however, suggests they may be images recycled from larger paintings. The one with sweet osmanthus and hibiscus is an autumn scene, the other is a summer scene with daylilies and gardenias. Folding screens often contrast two seasons or depict all four across a single pair of screens. Sesshū’s works were sufficiently prized that repurposing them in fragmentary form to display in an alcove of a luxurious room would not be an unusual choice.

Provenance

?-1964

Mrs. A. Dean Perry [Helen Wade Greene Perry] [1911-1996], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1964-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Exhibition history

Main Asian Rotation (G121); October 26, 2003 - March 12, 2004.

Kyoto National Museum (3/12/2002-4/7/2002) and Tokyo National Museum (4/23/2003-5/19/2002): "Sesshu -- Master of Ink and Brush" exh. cat. 101, p. 155.

Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). Tokyo National Museum (1/15/2014 - 2/23/2014) and Kyushu National Museum (7/8/2014 - 8/31/2014): "Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art", cat. no. 25, p. 81.

Sesshu, Master of Ink and Brush: 500th Anniversary Exhibition. Kyoto National Museum, Kyoto, Japan (March 12-April 7, 2002); Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (organizer) (April 23-May 19, 2002).

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).

Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 24-October 11, 2020).

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花鳥図

attributed to Sesshū Tōyō 雪舟等楊

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