Arkivism
Winter and Summer Flowers
CC0 · no rights reserved

Winter and Summer Flowers

Kaihō Yūshō (Japanese, 1533–1615), artist · c. 1600 · Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

White camellias bloom behind a large pine in the right screen and blue morning glories creep through bamboo in the left screen of this composition. The mountains and bridge suggest a continuous landscape, but the paintings actually juxtapose flowers of winter and summer, with time progressing from right to left. Kaihō Yūshō painted similar landscapes for Zen temples in Kyoto.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineWinter and Summer Flowers (冬夏花図屏風), c. 1600. Kaihō Yūshō (Japanese, 1533–1615). Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper; overall: 174 x 376 cm (68 1/2 x 148 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1987.40
Open in Explore View at source

Similar works

Flowers and Trees of the Four SeasonsFlowers and Trees of the Four Seasons Summer and Winter LandscapesSummer and Winter Landscapes Birds and FlowersBirds and Flowers The Four SeasonsThe Four Seasons Winter Scene with Plum Trees and PheasantsWinter Scene with Plum Trees and Pheasants Moonlit LandscapeMoonlit Landscape