- Shiki Kacho -zu (Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons) - Woodblock print ' The 'Kyokusui no utage'

' The 'Kyokusui no utage' event

Image size: 7 and 7/8 inches wide by 6 inches tall (19

with minor toning on the verso

Executed in silkscreen

- Shiki Kacho -zu (Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons) - Woodblock print ' The 'Kyokusui no utage'The serene woodblock print Shiki Kacho zu (Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons) is by Motonobu Kano (14761559), a renowned Japanese Nihon ga painter of the Kano school. This large format print is executed in the sumi e style with a limited palette, giving the designs an elegant and refined quality. The original work was painted as forty nine sliding door panels forming a single grand scene in Reiun in of Myoshin ji Temple in Kyoto during the Edo