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This is one set of six-fold standing screens from a pair. The original pair was used to depict the flora and fauna symbols attributed with the four seasons. Kano Eitoku used paints, ink, and gold leaf to depict peonies, paulownias, bamboo, a pair of…

A peacock and hen stand on a rocky crag with pink and white Chinese peonies. This composition unites several symbols for royalty, culture, and ceremony. The peacock was associated with high culture and Chinese-ness. Peonies were associated also with…

Two pheasants, one male and one female, perch in a snow-covered pine tree surrounded by out-of-season peony blossoms. Itō Jakuchū used the snow to make "windows" that surround some of the delicate peony blossoms. Jakuchū depicted the snow using two…

Five white cranes with red crests rest in front of a blooming plum tree. This painting garnered attention for the complex web of crane legs at the base of the painting. The maze makes it difficult to ascertain which pair is attached to which bird.…

One of the many chicken and rooster paintings from the "Colorful Realm of Living Beings" set, this painting depicts a white rooster and hen high in a pine tree beneath a red sun. Itō Jakuchū was an avid chicken painter, the fowl becoming primary…