Abstract
The motive flowers-and-birds as well as that of landscapes and of figures, is, one of the most important subjects in the oriental paintings. In the Tang-Era in China the painting was thought to have the moment of reproval of vice and promotion of virtue. From the Suang-Era on, however, the attitude changed and in this genre of flowers-and-birds paintings were found not only the realistic representation of flowers and birds according to their essence and knowledge, but also the attitude which might be called the contemplation of them. Just under this influence, in this genre in Japan increased the artificial compositions with witfull shapes of flowers and birds and, corresponding to this tendency, this type of painting was more freely expressed and enjoyed with the rarefication of the above mentioned moral moment. They had an aspect of one of the intelligent and polite accomplishments.
