Flowers and Grasses of the Four Seasons. Artist: Circle of Kano Mitsunobu (Japanese, 1565-1608). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Each: 59 15/16 in. × 11 ft. 7 7/16 in. (152.3 × 354.2 cm). Date: late 16th century.In a twist on the common theme of Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons, this pair of screens focuses instead on insects and flowers to depict nearly a year's cycle of change from late spring to early winter. The sequence begins at far right with spring favorites, such as yellow kerria roses, and concludes at far left with snow-dusted lantern flowers, chrysanthemums, and eulalia grass that has gone to seed. In between are the flowers of summer and autumn--peonies, chrysanthemums, bush clover, and others--attracting insects such as dragonflies, butterflies, and praying mantises. The tall, elegant eulalia leaves, slender chrysanthemum stems, delicately delineated flowers, clusterings of plants, and distant hills that peek through openings in the clouds are consistent with works by K