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Sketches of Birds
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Title | Sketches of Birds |
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Designation | |
Artist | Kano School |
Category | Painting (A), Early Modern Painting |
Country | Japan |
Period | Muromachi |
Century | 16th |
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Materials | |
Dimensions | Height 25.9cm Length 580.2cm |
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This scroll is considered to represent the oldest extant examples of sketches made in Japan. They are thought to date between the Muromachi period (1392–1573) and the Momoyama period (1573–1615) and include not only “sketches from life”, but also copies of works by ancient painting masters.
Japan-Muromachi