Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
These paintings were originally mounted as sliding doors ( fusuma ) used inside a building. The circular areas on the paintings’ paper surfaces are traces of the former positions of the door pulls ( hikite ). A flock of sparrows gathers on a trellis supporting flowering chrysanthemum. Below is a litter of puppies, some cavorting, others napping. The tender story created by the curious puppy peering up and tilting its head to listen to the bird’s insistent call in the leftmost part of the composition is characteristic of Nagasawa Rosetsu’s paintings, which often use animals to illustrate the human condition.
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Yishan Yining [Issan Ichinei] (Chinese, 1247–1317) — Reeds a
Kano Motonobu (Japanese, c. 1476–1559) — Flowers and Birds i
Ikkyū Sōjun (Japanese, 1394–1481) — Listening to the Wind in
Mountain Landscape in Moonlight
Kano Motonobu (Japanese, c. 1476–1559) — Flowers and Birds i
Kano Motonobu (Japanese, c. 1476–1559) — Flowers and Birds i
Kenkō Shōkei (Japanese, active 1478–1506) — Kingfisher Perch
Kano Motonobu (Japanese, c. 1476–1559) — Flowers and Birds i
Rinkyo (Japanese) — Fish and Rock
Wang Meng — 元 王蒙 丹崖翠壑圖 軸|Red Cliffs and Green Valleys
Bunsei (Muncheong) (Japanese or Korean, active mid-15th cent
Kano Kōya
