Birds and Flowers

Title	Birds and Flowers
Artist	Sesshū Tōyō (Japanese, 1420–1506)
Date	mid-1400s–early 1500s
Medium	Hanging scroll from a triptych; ink and color on silk
Classification	Painting
Origin	Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)

Themes: Ornithological plates

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“Birds and Flowers” is a work by Sesshū Tōyō (Japanese, 1420–1506), dated mid-1400s–early 1500s. It is executed in hanging scroll from a triptych; ink and color on silk and classified as painting. In this archive it sits within the ornithological plates tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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Rights: Public domain (CC0).

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