Title: Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons
Object type: Hanging scrolls
Date: mid-19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Ikeda Koson 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1803–1868
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pair of hanging scrolls; ink, color, and gold on silk
Dimensions: Image (a): 42 3/8 × 14 3/16 in. (107.7 × 36 cm)
Overall with mounting (a): 76 3/16 × 18 11/16 in. (193.5 × 47.5 cm)
Overall with knobs: 76 3/16 × 20 3/4 in. (193.5 × 52.7 cm)
Image (b): 42 5/8 × 14 1/4 in. (108.3 × 36.2 cm)
Overall with mounting (b): 76 3/8 × 18 3/4 in. (194 × 47.6 cm)
Overall with knobs (b): 76 3/8 × 20 13/16 in. (194 × 52.8 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Flowers