Winter Scene with Plum Trees and Pheasants

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Artist: Kano Naonobu (Japanese, 1607–1650)
Date: early 1600s
Medium: pair of six-fold screens, mineral pigments and gold leaf on paper
Dimensions: overall: height 1.702 m, width 3.694 m
Origin: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department: Japanese Art
Holding institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Palette: Oiled Oak · Brown family · #78634C · 53%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #90785F · 22%

Aged Bronze Brown · Brown family · #655340 · 9%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #A58F78 · 7%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #5C4A39 · 4%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #4A3D31 · 4%

Bitumen Shadow · Black family · #31271F · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #3E4335 · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #70675D · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #C9B39E · <1%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #5A5748 · <1%

Weathered Leather · Brown family · #725A52 · <1%

Hammered Copper Brown · Brown family · #73514D · <1%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #5D5A57 · <1%

Bitumen Shadow · Black family · #262225 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #896641 · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #3B483E · <1%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #8F8F79 · <1%

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Image provider: cleveland-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Gift of William Kelly Simpson in memory of his wife Marilyn M. Simpson and her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr.

12 tags

Animals Both · 99%

Pheasants are named in the title and are visibly depicted among the branches and ground forms.
Flora Both · 99%

Plum trees are named in the title, and plum branches, bamboo, leaves, and other vegetation are visibly prominent.
The Seasons Both · 99%

The title identifies a winter scene, while pale snow-like masses are visibly accumulated on branches, trees, rocks, and ground.
Landscapes Both · 88%

The work presents a natural scene of trees, birds, rocks, and stylized ground or shoreline forms across an open setting.

Asymmetrical Visual · 96%

Tree trunks, branches, birds, and ground forms are concentrated in selected areas, leaving broad open gold fields and producing an asymmetrical composition.
Earth Tones Visual · 94%

The image is dominated by ochres, browns, muted greens, grays, and off-whites, with limited red and black accents.

Painting Metadata · 99%

The Cleveland Museum of Art classifies the work as a painting and identifies the medium as a pair of six-fold screens.
Gold Leaf and Gilding Metadata · 98%

The stated medium includes gold leaf, supporting a gilding technique classification.

17th Century Art Metadata · 90%

The catalog dates the work to the early 1600s, corresponding broadly to the 17th century.

Japanese Art Metadata · 99%

The work is classified as Japanese Art and its place of origin is Japan, Edo period.

Gold Metadata · 99%

The catalog specifies gold leaf as part of the medium.
Use of Paper Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies paper as the support for the mineral pigments and gold leaf.

Kano Naonobu (Japanese, 1607–1650). Winter Scene with Plum Trees and Pheasants . Cleveland Museum of Art.