Tsuzuri Project: Once Again, to Tonomine: “Birds and Flowers of Autumn and Winter” Makes a Symbolic Return Home

A documentary movie of the Tsuzuri Project work “Birds and Flowers of Autumn and Winter,” the original of which is in the collection of the British Museum. Believed to date back to the beginning of the 17th century, it comprises four sliding-door panels painted in a composition and style typical of the Kano school. With the help of the British Museum, Canon began efforts to bring the work back to its original home in Tanzan Shrine (Nara Prefecture) as a high-resolution facsimile.

Created : August 2018    04'29''

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