伝狩野之信筆　花鳥図|Birds and Flowers

Kano Yukinobu 狩野之信

mid-16th century · Diptych of hanging scrolls; ink on paper · Asian Art

The lively depiction of birds in natural settings with seasonal trees and flowers was a favorite theme in early ink painting and a hallmark of the Kano school of painters led by Kano Motonobu (ca. 1476–1559). This rendition attributed to Motonobu's brother, Yukinobu, is in the ink-wash style inspired by the Southern Song painter Muqi (late 13th–early 14th century), which uses tonal variations of ink instead of outlines to define the soft forms of feathers and flowers.

Artist

Kano Yukinobu 狩野之信

Date

mid-16th century

Medium

Diptych of hanging scrolls; ink on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936