Six Panel Folding Screen Collection

Birds, Trees, and Flowers, late 1500s. Creator: Kano Shoei (Japanese, 1519-1592), attributed to
Birds, Trees, and Flowers, late 1500s. Unhurried contemplation of these screens ( byobu ) reveals that their appearance differs slightly. Notice the shapes of the rocks and pine trunks

Tiger, early to mid-1600s. Creator: Soga Nichokuan (Japanese), attributed to
Tiger, early to mid-1600s

Tiger and Leopard, 1668. Creator: Sekkei Yamaguchi (Japanese, 1644-1732)
Tiger and Leopard, 1668. Sekkei lived and studied painting in Kyoto at the Kano school studio, the center of traditional painting activity in Japan since 1500

The Four Accomplishments, late 1500s. Creator: Kano Shoei (Japanese, 1519-1592), attributed to
The Four Accomplishments, late 1500s. At first this scene appears a bit strange, if not bizarre: men, young and old, sit in a vast wilderness playing a board game or executing an ink painting

The Four Seasons, 1668. Creator: Kano Tan?y? (Japanese, 1602-1674)
The Four Seasons, 1668

Tartars Hunting in a Mountain Landscape, first half of 1600s. Creator: Unknown
Tartars Hunting in a Mountain Landscape, first half of 1600s

Summer Night, 1784. Creator: Maruyama Okyo (Japanese, 1733-1795)
Summer Night, 1784. Okyo painted these panoramas in the summer of 1784. Regarded as Kyotos most important painting teacher and accomplished artist, he had studied Western painting techniques

Summer and Winter Landscapes (one of a pair), 1600s. Creator: Kano Naonobu (Japanese, 1607-1650)
Summer and Winter Landscapes (one of a pair), 1600s. This sparse composition depicts a summer scene on the right and a winter scene on the left

Spring and Autumn Farming (Spring), 1700s. Creator: Ko Sukoku (Japanese, 1730-1804)
Spring and Autumn Farming (Spring), 1700s

Scenes from Essays in Idleness, late 1700s-early 1800s. Creator: Matsumura Goshun
Scenes from " Essays in Idleness", late 1700s-early 1800s

Spring and Autumn Farming (Autumn), 1700s. Creator: Ko Sukoku (Japanese, 1730-1804)
Spring and Autumn Farming (Autumn), 1700s

Landscape, 1500s. Creator: Unknown
Landscape, 1500s. This screen by an Unkoku school artist is from a separated pair depicting the Eight Views of Xiao and Xiang Rivers

Moonlit Landscape (one of a pair), late 1500s. Creator: Unknown
Moonlit Landscape (one of a pair), late 1500s. This unsigned and unsealed composition includes imagery from the Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers

Literary Gathering in the Orchid Pavilion, late 1700s. Creator: Maruyama Okyo (Japanese
Literary Gathering in the Orchid Pavilion, late 1700s. A cheerful gathering of poets was one the most popular themes of East Asian literati paintings

Lions, 1668. Creator: Sekkei Yamaguchi (Japanese, 1644-1732)
Lions, 1668. Sekkei lived and studied painting in Kyoto at the Kano school studio, the center of traditional painting activity in Japan since 1500

Winter Day, 1784. Creator: Maruyama Okyo (Japanese, 1733-1795)
Winter Day, 1784. Okyo painted these panoramas in the summer of 1784. Regarded as Kyotos most important painting teacher and accomplished artist, he had studied Western painting techniques

God of Thunder (Raijin), mid-1600s. Creator: Tawaraya S?tatsu (Japanese, died c. 1640)
God of Thunder (Raijin), mid-1600s. Such depictions of the God of Thunder originated in Buddhist art. Here, the image was painted on paper covered with gold dust

The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup, later 1700s. Creator: Soga Shohaku (Japanese, 1730-1781)
The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup, later 1700s. Responding to the desires of the middle class ( chonin ), some Japanese painters of the late Edo period moved away from the seriousness associated

Dragon, early to mid-1600s. Creator: Soga Nichokuan (Japanese), attributed to
Dragon, early to mid-1600s

Ivy Lane, 1700s. Creator: Fukae Roshu (Japanese, 1699-1757)
Ivy Lane, 1700s. Infrequently Japanese painters chose a single byobu instead of the normal format of paired six-fold screens

Birds and Flowers in a Landscape of the Four Seasons, second half of the 1500s. Creator
Birds and Flowers in a Landscape of the Four Seasons, second half of the 1500s

Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers, 1700s. Creator: Watanabe Shik? (Japanese, 1683-1755)
Eight Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers, 1700s. Watanabe Shiko enjoyed a versatile and successful career, as well as a privileged upbringing, in Kyoto

Arrival of the Southern Barbarians, c. 1600. Creator: Unknown
Arrival of the " Southern Barbarians", c. 1600

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