Winter and Summer Flowers
| Title | Winter and Summer Flowers |
|---|---|
| Artist | Kaihō Yūshō (Japanese, 1533–1615) |
| Date | c. 1600 16th century |
| Medium | Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper |
| Classification | Painting |
| Origin | Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615) Japan |
| Holding institution | The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Credit line | Winter and Summer Flowers (冬夏花図屏風), c. 1600. Kaihō Yūshō (Japanese, 1533–1615). Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper; overall: 174 x 376 cm (68 1/2 x 148 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1987.40 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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“Winter and Summer Flowers” is a work by Kaihō Yūshō (Japanese, 1533–1615), dated c. 1600. It is executed in pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold 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 c. 1600. Explore the wider set of works from the 16th century held in the archive.
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Recorded origin: Japan, Momoyama period (1573–1615). 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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