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

Kano Shōei Japanese
mid- to late 16th century
Not on view
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 狩野松栄筆 梅鵯図
  • Title: Brown-Eared Bulbul (Hiyodori) on a Branch of Plum
  • Artist: Kano Shōei (Japanese, 1519–1592)
  • Period: Muromachi (1392–1573)–Momoyama (1573–1615) period
  • Date: mid- to late 16th century
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: Image: 25 1/2 × 12 15/16 in. (64.7 × 32.9 cm)
    Overall with knobs: 59 1/8 × 19 3/4 in. (150.1 × 50.1 cm)
    Overall with mounting: 59 1/8 × 17 13/16 in. (150.1 × 45.3 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Fishbein-Bender Collection, Gift of T. Richard Fishbein and Estelle P. Bender, 2013
  • Object Number: 2013.1133.2
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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