Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove Sesson Shūkei

(ca. 1504–ca. 1589)

Quail, Sparrows, and Millet

Muromachi period, early 16th

century

Shaka Triad and Sixteen

Arhats Unidentified Artist 14th

century

Musk Cat Uto

Gyoshi (Japanese

, active second half of

16th century

NarcissusNakamura Hōchū d. 1819Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Yamamoto Kōitsu late 19th century Crane in a Plum Grove

Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons second half of the 16th centuryPair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper

Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons second half of the 16th centuryPair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper

Blossoming Cherry Trees Sakai Hōitsu (1761–1828) Pair of six-panel folding screens

Blossoming Cherry Trees Sakai Hōitsu (1761–1828) Pair of six-panel folding screens

Brown-eared Bulbul Bird on a Branch of Plum Kano Shōei (1519–1592)

Cherry, Plum, and Willow Trees Edo period, early 17th centurySingle six-panel folding screen

Courtesan and her Attendants under a Willow Tree Unchō (Japanese, active late 18th century))

Furuyama Moroshige second half of 17th century

Goose and Reeds; Willows and Moon Maruyama Ōkyo (Japanese, 1733–1795)Pair of six-panel folding screens

Goose and Reeds; Willows and Moon Maruyama Ōkyo (Japanese, 1733–1795)Pair of six-panel folding screens

Cranes under Pine Trees Muromachi period, 16th centurySix-panel folding screenDonated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Cranes and Pines; Cranes and Bamboo Edo period, 18th–19th centuryPair of six-panel folding screensDonated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Cranes and Pines; Cranes and Bamboo Edo period, 18th–19th centuryPair of six-panel folding screensDonated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Flock of cranes Edo period, 18th–19th century Pair of six-panel folding screensDonated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Flock of cranes Edo period, 18th–19th century Pair of six-panel folding screensDonated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Flock of cranes Edo period, 18th–19th century Detail

Flock of cranes Edo period, 18th–19th century Detail

Kano Tsunenobu (1636–1713) Nunobiki Waterfall, Mount Yoshino, and Tatsuta River, Triptych of hanging scrolls

Kiyohara Yukinobu (1643–1682) ApsarasHanging scroll

Kiyohara Yukinobu (1643–1682) Monju on a Lion

Landscapes of the Four Seasons Keison (Japanese, late 15th– early 16th century)Pair of hanging scrolls

Mountains and River in Autumn Edo period, first half of 17th centuryPair of six-panel folding screens

Mountains and River in Autumn Edo period, first half of 17th centuryPair of six-panel folding screens (detail)

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Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanuwww.slideshare.net/michaelasanda

Sound: James Galway - Echoes 2016