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Okamoto Shūki
Pictures of Flowers and Birds19th century

Not on view
Painting on silk of a sparrow-like bird clinging upside down to a branch, surrounded by willow and rounded leaves, with East Asian inscription and red seals, mounted in a gold-flecked gray border
Painting on silk of a praying mantis perched on broad green leaves amid twisting vines, with pink blossoms below; two columns of Chinese characters and a red seal at upper right, gold-flecked border.
Painting on silk mounted with gold-leaf border; a small brown frog clings to a large blue-green lotus leaf, beside an open pink lotus blossom with yellow-green seed pod; smaller floating leaves below; two red square seals visible.
Album leaf painting on silk, pink peonies with layered petals and green leaves on a pale ground, with a vertical column of Chinese calligraphy and two red seals at upper right.
Japanese painting on silk, two quail with detailed brown and buff feathering rendered in fine brushwork; one bird faces left with head lowered, the other faces right with beak open, mounted with a crackled gold-leaf border.
Japanese painting on silk, two kingfishers with blue-green plumage, red beaks, and red feet; upper bird shown in flight with wings spread, lower bird with beak open, set within a gold-leaf border.
Japanese painting on silk, two brown-and-white birds perched on a gnarled branch with green leaves and round fruit, rendered in fine brushwork with muted tones; vertical column of Japanese calligraphy and a red seal at upper right.
Japanese painting on silk depicting two brown sparrows perched at upper right and a large tern in dramatic mid-dive below, wings spread wide, rendered with fine brushwork in muted gray, brown, and white tones, mounted with gold-flecked decorative border.
Opaque watercolor study of a parrot in three-quarter profile, with deep red plumage on the head and breast, green scaled wing feathers, and a dark tail, rendered with fine detail on a pale ground within a gold border.
Artist or Maker
Okamoto Shūki
Japan, 1807-1862
Title
Pictures of Flowers and Birds
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
19th century
Medium
Accordion-style album of 66 leaves; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Overall: 10 5/8 x 250 x 2 5/8 in. (27.0 x 635.0 x 6.67 cm); Each leaf: 9 x 6 1/4 in. (23.0 x 16.0 cm)
Credit Line
Far Eastern Art Council Fund
Accession Number
M.85.99
Classification
Books
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.