- Shiki Kacho -zu (Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons) - Woodblock print Date: Dated "Showa 12 nen"

Date: Dated "Showa 12 nen" (1937)

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creating a striking contrast with the huge tree

The colorful little woodblock print is by Junichiro Sekino (1914 – 1988)

Print paper size: 8 and 5/8 inches wide by 6 and 7/8 inches tall (22 x 17

- Shiki Kacho -zu (Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons) - Woodblock print Date: Dated "Showa 12 nen"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