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Important Cultural Property
Bird on Sasanqua Branch
- Museum No.
- AK360
Photo No：200804_AL_0022
Color type：Color
| Title | Bird on Sasanqua Branch |
|---|---|
| Designation | Important Cultural Property |
| Artist | |
| Category | Painting (A), Muromachi Ink Painting, Flowers and Birds Painting |
| Country | Japan |
| Period | Muromachi |
| Century | 15th |
| Year | 1473 |
| Quantity | |
| Materials | |
| Dimensions | Height 86.5cm Width 31.7cm |
| Inscription by | |
| Signature/Seals Etc | |
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Although the painter's seal is missing on this scroll, the inscription by the literati priest Zuikei Shuhu indicates that it was painted before 1473. The sasanqua tree, which is slightly covered with snow, represents winter, and the little bird on the branch represents the approaching spring. Sasanqua painting has a long history. In China, at the latest, it started in the Northern Song Dynasty, and in Japan, according to old documents, sasanqua was a painting subject visible in the Namboku-cho Period. This piece was supposedly modeled after some flower-and-bird painting of the court style imported from China.
Japan-Muromachi