Flowers and Birds in a Spring Landscape
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Flowers and Birds in a Spring Landscape

TitleFlowers and Birds in a Spring Landscape
ArtistKano Motonobu (Japanese, c. 1476–1559)
Date1500s 16th century
MediumSliding door panels mounted as hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper
ClassificationPainting
OriginJapan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) Japan
Holding institutionThe Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit lineFlowers and Birds in a Spring Landscape (春花鳥図), 1500s. Attributed to Kano Motonobu (Japanese, c. 1476–1559). Sliding door panels mounted as hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1970.6
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Subjects: Botanical illustrationOrnithological plates

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“Flowers and Birds in a Spring Landscape” is a work by Kano Motonobu (Japanese, c. 1476–1559), dated 1500s. It is executed in sliding door panels mounted as hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper and classified as painting. In this archive it sits within the botanical illustration, 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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