Birds and Flowers

Executed in paint, the piece employs a delicate brushwork that balances detail with a sense of atmospheric softness. Okamoto’s handling of line and color suggests an influence from both nihonga traditions and emerging Western techniques of the era, resulting in a hybrid visual language characteristic of turn‑of‑the‑century Japanese art.

Created at the close of the Meiji period, the painting entered the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s collection through acquisition in the mid‑20th century, though the exact path of ownership prior to its museum purchase remains undocumented. Its presence in a major U.S. institution reflects the growing interest in Japanese modernist works during that time.