The Story
Peafowl, ducks, flowers and rocks, 1800ā1880
Nagasaki school, Japan
Paintings of birds and flowers enjoy a long tradition in Japanese art. This hanging scroll reflects the realism of the Nagasaki school, an Edo period school or style of painting. While the depiction of each avian creature here is true to life, the splendid display of the colorful plumage of the birds gathered hereāposed against a sumptuous background of an ancient tree and dainty blossomsāis entirely from the artistās imagination and perfectly suited for this 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle.