<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">bird-and-flower paintings</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>paintings by subject type</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>bird and flower painting</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>bird-and-flower painting</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>flower-and-bird painting</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>kachoga</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>kachō</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>kachōga</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ East Asian paintings primarily depicting birds, and plants, and natural subjects. Paintings of this genre originated in China and were transmitted to Japan by the literati master Shen Nanpin when he visited there in 1731. Japanese artists further developed the genre in the Edo period. ]]></note></mads>