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Cover art · birds

Birds and Flowers

Sesshū Tōyō (Japanese, 1420–1506), mid-1400s-early 1500s.

Birds and Flowers
Birds and Flowers — Cleveland Museum of Art

Using it on a cover

The print file prints up to 7.3 x 11.3 in at 300 ppi — enough for a full 6 x 9 in front cover. Taller than a 6 x 9 cover: crop about 3% of the height.

About the work

These two paintings are possibly by Sesshū Tōyō. They once flanked a central scroll with an ink landscape. The unbalanced nature of the compositions, however, suggests they may be images recycled from larger paintings. The one with sweet osmanthus and hibiscus is an autumn scene, the other is a summer scene with daylilies and gardenias. Folding screens often contrast two seasons or depict all four across a single pair of screens. Sesshū’s works were sufficiently prized that repurposing them in fragmentary form to display in an alcove of a luxurious room would not be an unusual choice.

More birds art

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