In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
These two paintings are possibly by Sesshū Tōyō. They once flanked a central scroll with an ink landscape. The unbalanced nature of the compositions, however, suggests they may be images recycled from larger paintings. The one with sweet osmanthus and hibiscus is an autumn scene, the other is a summer scene with daylilies and gardenias. Folding screens often contrast two seasons or depict all four across a single pair of screens. Sesshū’s works were sufficiently prized that repurposing them in fragmentary form to display in an alcove of a luxurious room would not be an unusual choice.
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Kano Yukinobu 狩野之信 — 狩野之信筆 四十雀柘榴花図|Titmouse with Pomegranat
Bird on Pomegranate
Chen Hongshou (Chinese, 1598/99–1652) — Paintings after Anci
Utagawa Hiroshige
Sō Shiseki
Kanō Motonobu — Bird, Flowers, and Fruit by a Waterfall
Unidentified artist
Teisai Hokuba — 摺物帖 『春雨集』 『花鳥六番之内 下野宇都宮』 海棠に山雀|Spring Rain C
Qian Xuan (Chinese, 1235–1307) — Flowers and Birds
Yin Hong (Chinese, c. 1430-c. 1500) — Birds Gather under the
Bian Wenjin (Chinese, about 1354–1428) — A Hundred Birds and
Nagasawa Rosetsu (Japanese, 1754–1799) — Puppies, Sparrows, 
