A Pair of Six-Panel Folding Screens
A Pair of Six-Panel Folding Screens
A Pair of Six-Panel Folding Screens
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A Pair of Six-Panel Folding Screens

Edo period (17th century)

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A Pair of Six-Panel Folding Screens
Edo period (17th century)
Ink, colour and gold leaf on paper with cranes and pine trees
Each 174 x 373 cm. (when unfolded)

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The pair of cranes depicted on the right-hand, screen are the white-naped crane, which migrates yearly to its wintering grounds in Southern Japan. The red-crowned, or Japanese, cranes depicted in the painting on the left-hand screen are said to live for a thousand years.
Pine is an auspicious symbol in Japan, representing longevity, steadfastness and good fortune due to its long life, and endurance as it remains green throughout the winter months.

For a pair of screens by Kano Sansetsu (1590-1651) also depicting cranes and pine, in the collection of the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, go to:
https://www.asianart.org/exhibitions_index/japanese-painting-traditions

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