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The Four Seasons, 1668. Six-panel folding screen, ink and slight color on paper.

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Six-panel folding screen, ink and slight color on paper · Image: 174 x 381 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art

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Museum title
The Four Seasons
Artist
Kano Tan’yū (Japanese, 1602–1674)
Date
1668
Medium
Six-panel folding screen, ink and slight color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 174 x 381 cm (68 1/2 x 150 in.)
Credit line
Bequest of Maud Eells Corning
Image license
CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record
Cleveland Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1602–1674

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The Four Seasons · Kano Tan’yū, 1668
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