- Kacho-zu (Birds and Flowers) -

Kachō-zu (Birds and Flowers) is a large-format woodblock print after a painting by Kanō Sanraku (1559–1635), a master of the Kanō school. White peonies bloom among weathered tree trunks and rocks. One small bird perches on a broken trunk, while another stands in the foreground; red leaves punctuate the spreading branches above. The spacious composition contrasts the flowers with rugged forms.

The print reproduces a detail from a six-panel folding screen by Sanraku, now in the Freer Gallery of Art collection at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art. This woodblock edition was published by Tansei-sha in 1983. The publisher, carver Sadao Uetani, and printer Mitsuo Hashizume are credited in the right margin. An original explanatory sheet in Japanese is included.

Technique: Woodblock
Print size: 19 3/4 × 15 1/4 inches (50.5 × 38.5 cm)
Image size: 17 7/8 × 13 1/4 inches (45.5 × 33.7 cm)
Sheet number: N/A
Date: Original painting from the Edo period; print published in 1983
Signed: N/A
Condition: Excellent overall. Typical printer’s ink smudges along the bottom margin will be matted out. The verso has old tipping marks (a slight paper scuff) near the top edge.

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