# Flowers and Trees of the Four Seasons (left screen)

- By: Watanabe Shikō (Japanese, 1683–1755)
- Date: early to mid-1700s
- Medium: Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, gold, silver, and gilding on paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Overall: 155 x 368.5 cm (61 x 145 1/16 in.)
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Credit line: Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2021.132.2)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/2021.132.2/2021.132.2_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The painter Watanabe Shikō had a special interest in scientific realism, based on interactions with his patron Konoe Iehiro. Shikō combined his attention to accurate depiction of plants with strong ink outlines and decorative elements like gold and silver, arriving at an innovative style that influenced many of his peers in the city of Kyoto.