Cypress Trees is a Kanō-school byōbu or folding screen attributed to the Japanese painter Kanō Eitoku, one of the most prominent patriarchs of the Kanō school of Japanese painting. The painting dates
Byōbu are Japanese folding screens made from several joined panels, bearing decorative painting and calligraphy, used to separate interiors and enclose private spaces, among other uses.
A six-panel byōbu from the 17th century
Left panel of Irises (燕子花図, kakitsubata-zu) by Ogata Kōrin, 1702
Left panel of the Shōrin-zu byōbu (松林図 屏風, Pine Trees screen) by Hasegawa Tōhaku, c. 1595
Byōbu depicting Osaka from the early 17th century in Eggenberg Castle in Graz