Four Japanese bird-and-flower paintings, decorated with gold leaf and gold pigment on decorated shikishi paper, are housed in a paulownia wood box. The shikishi paper appears to be silk-backed (kenpon) and colored. These works are by "Fukunen Konishi," a Japanese painter who was active from the Taisho to the Showa eras. On the front of the paulownia wood box lid, there is a painting of grass under a moon, and below it, a vertical seal script "Fukunen" in vermilion. On the back of the lid, there are the characters "Shishu" (Four Interests), "Fukunen Jidai" (Self-titled by Fukunen), and a seal script "Fukunen" in vermilion on the right side. "Shishu" seems to be related to the meaning of "Four Seasons of Birds and Flowers," although it is also a word related to Buddhism. "Jidai" seems to mean that the work is by the artist himself, and that he wrote his name and seals on the shikishi paper. "Fukunen Konishi" was born in Fukui Prefecture in 1887 (Meiji 20). At the age of 15, he went to Kyoto and became a disciple of the Japanese painter "Shonen Suzuki." He exhibited at the Japan Art Exhibition and the Kyoto Painting Exhibition and received awards. He was a master of the Suzuki school style, specializing in bird-and-flower paintings, landscapes, and figure paintings. He died in 1959 (Showa 34) at the age of 73. These items were stored at home. Considering the artist's death year and active period, they are estimated to be about 80 years old. The paulownia wood box shows some age-related soiling, but the box itself is mostly undamaged, and the shikishi paper shows almost no fading or damage. As seen in photo 18, there are faint pencil notes on the back of three of the shikishi paper pieces regarding the birds and flowers. The notes have been left as they are. Referring to the notes, the birds and flowers are identified as follows: Photos 8-9: Plum blossoms and a Japanese bush warbler (uguisu) Photos 10-11: Pink (nadeshiko) and a kingfisher (kawasemi) Photos 12-13: Chrysanthemum and a wren (misosazai) Photos 14-15: Autumn leaves and a great tit (shijukara) The shikishi paper pieces have the artist's signature "Fukunen" and two types of vermilion seals. The "Plum blossoms and Japanese bush warbler" has a rectangular seal "Fukunen," and the others have an oval seal with the seal script of "Choki," the artist's azana (courtesy name) used after adulthood. The shikishi paper size (cm) is: width 24.2, height 27.3. The paulownia wood box (cm) is: width 27.4, height 30.8, depth 3. These are four bird-and-flower paintings by "Fukunen Konishi," a master of Japanese painting who was active from the Taisho to the Showa eras. They are estimated to be about 80 years old, but the shikishi paper shows almost no fading or damage. We hope you will enjoy displaying them throughout the four seasons. Please note that the actual colors may differ from the images due to lighting and other factors.