3614157 Peacocks and Cherry Tree, c.1925 (metal and colour on paper) by Japanese School; 203.5x185 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Imazu Tatsuyuki (Japanese, active early 20th century) Two-panel folding screen; mineral colors and metallic powders on paper Peacocks in Japanese tradition have religious and auspicious symbolism, in Buddhism guardians from disaster and hardship, also symbols of wisdom and in modern times a symbol of success and general prosperity. ); Japanese, out of copyright.