Spring center right from the set Rice Farming in the Four Seasons, 1620s, Attributed to Kano Sanraku, Japanese, 1559 - 1635, 39 x 37 x 3 1/2 in. ( x x cm), Ink, light color, and gold on paper, Japan, 17th century, These sliding door panels are part of a group of sixteen, which originally formed the four sides of a small reception chamber at Daikakuji, a Buddhist temple in northwest Kyoto. The paintings show the process of rice cultivation across four seasons. A person seated in the room would have seen the scene unfold from north, beginning with winter and moving clockwise

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