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Kano Mitsunobu

Birds and Flowers

late 1500s
One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

As masters of the Kano academic painting style, both Kano Shōei and Kano Mitsunobu favored Chinese-inspired subject matter, such as birds and flowers.

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