Pair of folding screens: Flowers of the Twelve Months
Watanabe Seitei
- Art Funded
- 2004
- Dimensions
- Each panel: 174 x 60 cm
- Vendor
- Grace Tsumugi Fine Art Ltd
A pair of folding screens each consisting of six panels painted with seasonal images relating to the twelve months of the year.
For example, January depicts a rising sun, auspicious subject of the New Year, with a pair of sparrows beneath a snow-capped branch; June depicts a carp arching and leaping up a mountain waterfall, a symbol of perseverance and the virtues of the determined warrior; and October depicts a deer standing beside an autumnal red maple.