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Birds and Flowers by Kano Tan'yū — VisualArtsDB

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Birds and Flowers

Birds and Flowers

1600–1699

Medium: Six-panel folding screen; ink and color on silk
Dimensions: 70 in. x 12 ft. 11 1/2 in. (177.8 x 395 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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