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Tosa School
Quail amid Autumn Grasses and Flowerscirca 1590-1600

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Six-panel folding screen, ink and color on gold leaf, depicting sweeping green grasses and small wildflowers with partially hidden small birds nestled among the blades

Tosa School, Quail amid Autumn Grasses and Flowers, circa 1590-1600, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Julia and Leo Krashen in honor of the tenth anniversary of the Pavilion for Japanese Art, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Tosa School
Japan, 15th-19th centuries
Title
Quail amid Autumn Grasses and Flowers
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
circa 1590-1600
Period
Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573-1603) or Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Six-panel screen; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 68 3/4 x 141 in. (174.6 x 358.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Julia and Leo Krashen in honor of the tenth anniversary of the Pavilion for Japanese Art
Accession Number
AC1999.223.1
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.