Harvard Art Museums > 2020.252: Birds and Flowers of the Twelve Months Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Add to Collection Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Birds and Flowers of the Twelve Months (Watanabe Seitei 渡辺省亭) , 2020.252,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/369284. Identification and Creation Object Number 2020.252 People Watanabe Seitei 渡辺省亭, Japanese (1851 - 1918) Title Birds and Flowers of the Twelve Months Classification Paintings Work Type painting, screen Date ca. 1890 Places Creation Place: East Asia, Japan Period Meiji era, 1868-1912 Culture Japanese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/369284 Physical Descriptions Medium Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on silk Dimensions each screen: 172 × 361 cm (67 11/16 × 142 1/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks seal: on each panel: 省亭 (Seitei) signature: on each panel: 省亭 (Seitei) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Private Collection, Kansai, Japan (1931-2018), sold; to [Shibunkaku Ltd., Kyoto (2018-2019)], sold; to [Grace Tsumugi Gallery, London (2019-2020)], sold; to the Harvard Art Museums. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art Accession Year 2020 Object Number 2020.252 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Right hand screen (right to left): First month: Chickens and pine Second month: Bush warbler and plum Third month: Small birds (probably wagtails) and cherry blossoms Fourth month: Butterflies and peonies Fifth month: Snipe and iris Sixth month: Swallows and willow Left hand screen (right to left): Seventh month: White egrets among reeds Eighth month: Water bird (probably night heron) on hemlock, with full moon reflected below Ninth month: Dove (possibly aobato) and asters, drying rice Tenth month: Pigeons (dobato) and maple Eleventh month: Crows in larch tree Twelfth month: Winter peony beneath straw with sparrows Related Works 2020.252.1 Watanabe Seitei 渡辺省亭 Birds and Flowers of the Twelve Months (right) Paintings 2020.252.2 Watanabe Seitei 渡辺省亭 Birds and Flowers of the Twelve Months (left) Paintings Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
