The fan’s surface depicts daffodils and a small bird perched on thorns, thought to originate from a bird-and-flower painting from the Ming Dynasty in China. The inscription at the top of this work was written by Shuzan Toki (1464-1526), a Zen monk from the Muromachi period. The son of Prince Fushimi Sadatsune, he studied under the renowned monk Kisei Reigen of Nanzen-ji Temple and Ousen Keisan of Shokoku-ji Temple, and in 1511 was appointed abbot of the Rokuon-ji Pagoda at Shokoku-ji Temple. The inscription suggests that Shuzan presented the work to Shukuga Ryoen, the head priest of Kozen-ji Temple, as a gift to encourage his training.