- Shiki Kacho -zu (Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons) - Woodblock print and the print is hand-signed

and the print is hand-signed

the protective lion dog

Print paper size: 8 and 5/8 inches wide by 6 and 7/8 inches tall (22 x 17

printed in 1945

Outstanding condition for its age

- Shiki Kacho -zu (Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons) - Woodblock print and the print is hand-signedThe serene woodblock print Shiki Kacho zu (Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons) is by Motonobu Kano (14761559), a renowned Japanese Nihon ga painter of the Kano school. This large format print is executed in the sumi e style with a limited palette, giving the designs an elegant and refined quality. The original work was painted as forty nine sliding door panels forming a single grand scene in Reiun in of Myoshin ji Temple in Kyoto during the Edo