# A Collection of Flowers and Birds (Kacho zukushi)

- By: Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, 1618-1694)
- Date: Edo period (1615-1868), 1683
- Medium: Woodblock-printed book, sumizuri-e
- Classification: Book
- Dimensions: 25.5 × 18.5 cm (10 1/16 × 7 5/16 in.)
- Culture: Japan
- Credit line: Martin A. Ryerson Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/188952)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/6a840c7f-99c4-5abd-20d4-bf3419cbbb36/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This volume of ten sheets depicts twenty-six birds and flowers, with extraordinary attention to detail. Here we see a group of cranes at the seashore.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0