Birds and Flowers
Attributed to Kano Yukinobu 狩野之信 Japanese
Not on view
In Zen monasteries, sacred icons were sometimes displayed flanked by complementary, seemingly secular subjects such as birds and flowers or landscapes. Triptychs of scrolls combined in this way might marry Chinese and Japanese paintings or works created at different times or in disparate media. In this configuration, the central icon imagines the bodhisattva White-robed Kannon in his paradise being visited by a young pilgrim called Zenzai Dōji. It is accompanied by a later diptych created by a professional artist affiliated with the early Kano school.
On view from December 18, 2021–April 24, 2022
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