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Birds in Trees

(Japanese, 1420–1506)
17th–18th centuries
Medium/TechniqueOne of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper
Dimensions160.6 x 353.2 cm (63 1/4 x 139 1/16 in.)
Credit LineFenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession number11.4140
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of the Kii branch of the Tokugawa family; prior to 1886 purchased by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa; 1886 purchased by Charles Goddard Weld from Ernest Fenollosa; 1911 bequeathed by Charles Goddard Weld to the Museum.
Monkeys in Trees
Sesshû Tôyô
17th–18th century
Ichiô
1840 (Tenpô 11)
Ichiô
1840 (Tenpô 11)
Customs of the Twelve Months
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
Kôka (1844–48) - Kaei (1848–54) eras
Customs of the Twelve Months
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
Kôka (1844–48) - Kaei (1848–54) eras
Figures and Landscapes
Soga Shôhaku
18th–19th centuries
Soga Shôhaku
18th–19th centuries
Scenes from the Nakamura Kabuki Theater
Hishikawa Moronobu
Jôkyô (1684 -88) - Genroku (1688–1704) eras
Scenes from the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter
Hishikawa Moronobu
Jôkyô (1684 - 88) - Genroku (1688–1704) eras
Scenes of the Pleasure Quarters
Artist unknown, Japanese
late Kan'ei (1624–44) era
House of Pleasure
Artist unknown, Japanese
late Kan'ei (1624–44) era
Genre Scenes of Famous Places in Edo:  Asakusa and Yoshiwara
Hishikawa Moronobu
Jôkyô (1684 - 88) - Genroku (1688–1704) eras