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- Shiki Kacho -zu (Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons) - Masaaki Tanaka repeatedlyThe serene woodblock print Shiki Kacho zu (Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons) is by Motonobu Kano (14761559), a renowned Japanese Nihon ga painter of the Kano school. This large format print is executed in the sumi e style with a limited palette, giving the designs an elegant and refined quality. The original work was painted as forty nine sliding door panels forming a single grand scene in Reiun in of Myoshin ji Temple in Kyoto during the Edo