Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1705 The heavy wood panel painted in ink and color and highlighted with gold flecks depicting a shishi (Chinese lion) and butterfly by a peony bush, inscribed Hoken gohozen (Votive offering) and Shukubo Gyokko'in (Monk's quarters of Gyokko temple), dated Hoei ninen kinoto tori gogatsu (Fifth month, 1705), and with the artist's seal, the gilt-metal hardware carved with scrolling vines on a nanako ground 22 3/4 x 29 1/2in (57.7 x 74.9cm)