Birds, Animals, and Plants Representing the Twelve Months
Twelve panels of a pair of six-fold folding screens show birds, animals and plants against a gold ground. Ink and color depict a crane standing in grasses at left, a white bird perched on a leafless branch, and blossoming flowers and birds in flight across the panels.
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)
- Date
- ca. 1820-1835
- Medium
- Ink and color on paper
- Source
- Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
- Size
- 4000 × 953 px
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art
Español: Aves, animales y plantas que representan los doce meses
Doce paneles de un par de biombos de seis hojas muestran aves, animales y plantas sobre un fondo dorado. La tinta y el color representan una grulla de pie entre hierbas a la izquierda, un ave blanca posada en una rama sin hojas y flores en flor y aves en vuelo a lo largo de los paneles.
Português: Aves, animais e plantas representando os doze meses
Doze painéis de um par de biombos de seis folhas mostram aves, animais e plantas sobre um fundo dourado. Tinta e cor representam um guindaste de pé entre gramíneas à esquerda, uma ave branca pousada em um galho sem folhas e flores em desabrochar e aves em voo pelos painéis.
