Flowers and Birds in a Landscape

Object Details

• Artist

  Genga (active early 16th century)

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Seasons: Japanese Screens (July 9, 2011 to January 22, 2012)

  Japanese Screens (May 9, 1993 to August 1, 1994)

  Autumn Colors (October 19, 1984 to December 20, 1984)

  A Decade of Discovery: Selected Acquisitions 1970-1980 (November 9, 1979 to May 22, 1980)

  Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

  Japanese Art—Painted Screens (August 18, 1967 to May 2, 1973)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1500s, 1540s

• Name

  Genga

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Trees, Landscapes, Art, Animals, Muromachi period (1333 - 1573), Japanese Art, Birds, Flowers

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Paintings