Brown-Eared Bulbul (Hiyodori) on a Branch of Plum

Kano Shōei Japanese

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A bird identifiable as a brown-eared bulbul, known in Japanese as hiyodori, perches on a gnarled branch of plum that has just burst into bloom with the arrival of spring. Kano Shōei and other artists of the early Kano school were admired for their highly polished bird-and-flower paintings, executed both in monochrome and in color, in a style deeply informed by imported Chinese pictures and earlier Japanese Zen painting.

Brown-Eared Bulbul (Hiyodori) on a Branch of Plum, Kano Shōei (Japanese, 1519–1592), Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Japan

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Brown-Eared Bulbul (Hiyodori) on a Branch of Plum, Kano Shōei (Japanese, 1519–1592), Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Japan
Brown-Eared Bulbul (Hiyodori) on a Branch of Plum, Kano Shōei (Japanese, 1519–1592), Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Japan

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