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Kanō Sansetsu · 1646

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Artist

Kanō Sansetsu
Japanese, 1590–1651

Date

1646

Type

Painting

Medium

Four sliding-door panels (fusuma); ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper

Size

Overall (of all four panels): 68 3/4 x 191 1/8 in. (174.6 x 485.5 cm) Overall (a): 68 3/8 x 47 5/8 in. (173.7 x 121 cm) Overall (b): 68 3/8 x 48 3/4 in. (173.7 x 123.8 cm) Overall (c): 68 1/2 x 47 3/4 in. (174 x 121.3 cm) Overall (d): 68 1/2 x 47 3/4 in. (174 x 121.3 cm)

Place

Japan

Period

Edo period · 17th century

Themes

Flowers

Main colour

Gold & ochre · lightness 49, colourfulness 27

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules