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Summer and Winter Landscapes

Kanō Naonobu1600s

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

This sparse composition depicts a summer scene on the right and a winter scene on the left. Careful observation reveals that the pair of screens was once damaged, and a later conservation including new sections of paper and inpainting sought to preserve the original flavor of the paintings so they could continue to be appreciated. Kano Naonobu was born in Kyoto, the younger brother of major painter and authenticator Kano Tan’yū (1602–1674). He relocated to Edo (present-day Tokyo) at the behest of the Tokugawa government in 1630 where he worked with his brother and teacher. In Kyoto, he helped his brother with paintings for Nijō Castle and the major Pure Land Buddhist temple Chion’in.

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  • Title: Summer and Winter Landscapes
  • Creator: Kano Naonobu (Japanese, 1607-1650)
  • Date Created: 1600s
  • Physical Dimensions: Framed: 154.7 x 331.2 cm (60 7/8 x 130 3/8 in.)
  • Provenance: George Gund III [1937-2013], ?-2015, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 2015-present
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.481
  • Medium: pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on gold- and silver-decorated paper
  • Inscriptions: signed: "Jitekisai Naonobu"
  • Department: Japanese Art
  • Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
  • Credit Line: Gift from the Collection of George Gund III
  • Collection: ASIAN - Folding screen
  • Accession Number: 2015.481
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