Cypress Trees - wikipedia Cypress Trees Cypress Trees screen Artist Kanō Eitoku Year 16th -- 17th century Type Colour on paper with gold leaf 170.3 cm × 460.5 cm ( 67.0 in × 181.3 in ) Location Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan Owner National Treasures of Japan Cypress Trees ( 檜 図, hinoki - zu ) is a Kanō - school byōbu or folding screen attributed to the Japanese painter Kanō Eitoku ( 1543 -- 1590 ), one of the most prominent patriarchs of the Kanō school of Japanese painting. The painting dates to the Azuchi -- Momoyama period ( 1573 -- 1615 ). Now in Tokyo National Museum, it has been designated a National Treasure. Contents 1 Painting 2 Background 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Painting This Japanese folding screen was made from several joined panels. Screens were used to separate interiors and enclose private spaces, among other uses. This work is considered a representative work Eitoku. The painting is a polychrome - and - gold screen that depicts a cypress tree against the backdrop of gold - leafed clouds, and surrounded by the dark blue waters of a pond. The painting stretches across two four - panel folding screens from circa 1590 ; it is made of paper covered with gold leaf, depicting a cypress tree, a symbol of longevity in Japan. Background Commonly attributed to Kanō Eitoku ( 1543 -- 1590 ), there is an other theory based on a reference to a commission in The Diary of Prince Toshihito ( 智仁 観 王 日記 ) that the painting was instead made by Eitoku 's younger brother Kanō Sōshū ( 狩野 宗 秀 ). The eight panels originally took the form of four painted shōji, later remounted, which helps account for some of the discontinuities in the image. After the Meiji Restoration the paintings passed from the Katsura - no - miya to the Imperial Household and thence to the nation. See also List of National Treasures of Japan ( paintings ) References Jump up ^ 紙 本 金地 著色 桧 図 〈 / 八 曲 屏風 〉 ( Cypress Trees, colour on paper with gold ground ( eight - panel byōbu ) ) ( in Japanese ). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 21 August 2015. ^ Jump up to : 国宝 ( National Treasures of Japan ) ( in Japanese and English ). 6. The Mainichi Newspapers. 1967. p. 42. Jump up ^ 紙 本 金地 著色 桧 図 〈 / 八 曲 屏風 〉 ( Cypress Trees, colour on paper with gold ground ( eight - panel byōbu ) ) ( in Japanese ). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 21 August 2015. Jump up ^ `` The Eyes of Power : Art and Early Tokugawa Authority ''. books. google. Retrieved 21 August 2015. Jump up ^ `` Cypress Trees screen ''. National Institutes for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 21 August 2015. External links Entry at National Treasures & Important Cultural Properties of National Museums, Japan Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cypress_Trees&oldid=842254462 '' Categories : National Treasures of Japan Japanese paintings Landscape art Byōbu Paintings of the Tokyo National Museum Hidden categories : CS1 uses Japanese - language script ( ja ) CS1 Japanese - language sources ( ja ) Articles containing Japanese - language text Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 21 May 2018, at 07 : 52. About Wikipedia

Question: who created cypress trees a set of panels for a paper-covered sliding door
Answer: Kanō Eitoku