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Itō Jakuchū 伊藤若冲Artist

Classification

Paintings

Medium

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

109.6 x 39.3 cm (43 1/8 x 15 1/2 in.)

Related Artworks

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Snowy Stream

Goshun 呉春 (Matsumura Gekkei 松村月渓), late 18th century

Hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Paintings

Samurai, Dancers and Musicians

Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, circa 1620

Painting matted as an album leaf; ink, color and gold on paper

17th centuryJapanese

Paintings

Five Monks (and unrelated calligraphic section) from the Legendary History of the Jin'o-ji (Kōnin Shōnin eden)

Unknown Artist, c. 1350-1400

Handscroll fragments (from different sections of the story) mounted together as a hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on paper

14th centuryJapanese

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Landscape with Moon

Unknown Artist, 16th-17th century

Hanging scroll painting(?); ink on paper

16th-17th centuryJapanese

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Under the Cherry Blossoms (Hana no En), Illustration to Chapter 8 of the Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari)

Tosa Mitsunobu, Muromachi period, datable to 1509-1510

The eighth of a series of 54 painted album leaves mounted in an album with calligraphic excerpts; ink, color, and gold on paper

16th centuryJapanese

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Illustrated Story of Sumiyoshi (Sumiyoshi Monogatari) in Three Volumes

Unknown Artist, 18th century

Handscrolls: three; ink, color, gold and silver on paper

18th centuryJapanese

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Nyoirin Kannon above a Landscape

Unknown Artist, Kamakura to Muromachi period, 14th century?

Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk

14th centuryJapanese

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Tawara kasane emaki

Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, circa late 17th century

Handscroll (one of two); ink, color and gold on paper

17th centuryJapanese

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Eighteen Leaves from an Album of Portraits of the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets (Sanjurokkasen)

Unknown Artist, Late Edo period, 19th century

Eighteen album leaves: incomplete set; ink, color, gold and silver on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Album of Iconographic Drawings of the Esoteric Buddhist Pantheon (Shingon sect)

Unknown Artist, 18th century

Album; ink on paper

18th centuryJapanese

Paintings

Flowering Melon

Unknown Artist, 19th century

Ink and color on paper

19th centuryJapanese

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Eight Horses

Kano Yasunobu, c. 1683

Album leaf; ink, color, and gold on silk

17th centuryJapanese