Flowers and Grasses
| Title | Flowers and Grasses |
|---|---|
| Artist | Kitagawa Sōsetsu (Japanese, active 1639–50) |
| Date | mid-1600s 17th century |
| Medium | One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on paper |
| Classification | Painting |
| Origin | Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) Japan |
| Holding institution | The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Credit line | Flowers and Grasses (花草図屏風), mid-1600s. Kitagawa Sōsetsu (Japanese, active 1639–50). One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on paper; image: 153.7 x 329.2 cm (60 1/2 x 129 5/8 in.); including mounting: 170.2 x 348.4 cm (67 x 137 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1968.193.1 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
About this artwork
“Flowers and Grasses” is a work by Kitagawa Sōsetsu (Japanese, active 1639–50), dated mid-1600s. It is executed in one of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on paper and classified as painting. In this archive it sits within the botanical illustration 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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Catalogued as painting. See other public-domain works in the same medium, all free to download and reuse.
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Dated to mid-1600s. Explore the wider set of works from the 17th century held in the archive.
The origin
Recorded origin: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Browse more public-domain art from Japan.
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Made available through the The Cleveland Museum of Art open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.
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