The best time to see Ito Jakuchu's work was back in 2000 or 2006, when there were two major exhibitions that aimed to re-evaluate the underappreciated 18th-century Kyoto painter.

Within the protective dimness of the display space at the National Gallery of Art, the Japanese bird-and-flower paintings of Ito Jakuchu achieve a transcendent luminosity. Even if Asian screen art ...

Ito Jakuchu’s bird-and-flower paintings at the National Gallery and Hokusai’s “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji” at the Sackler salute the festival’s 100th anniversary.

Ito Jakuchu BUDDHIST BEAUTY: ITO JAKUCHU’S PAINTINGS by Donald Kuspit. At the National Gallery of Art, a 30-scroll set of bird-and-flower paintings by Ito Jakuchu, one of Japan’s great national ...

Due to innovative painting techniques used by Jakuchu, such as applying pigment to the back of the canvases, the paintings are rich in hue and seem to glow. The brushstrokes are meticulous, from the ...

In a rare U.S. visit, a collection of 30 Japanese bird-and-flower silk scroll paintings by Ito Jakuchu are on display at the National Gallery of Art, just in time for the National Cherry Blossom ...

Edo period painter Ito Jakuchu's masterpiece, "Birds, Animals and Flowering Plants in Imaginary Scene," is seen on security shutters at a traditional Japanese pickles store at Nishiki Market in ...

Gain insight into the auction performance of Jakuchu Ito . Track the change in total sales value, performance of lots against estimate and compare the artist's sale price according to the artwork ...

The Suntory Museum of Art is commemorating the upcoming 300th year since the birth of two early modern Japanese painters — Ito Jakuchu and Yosa Buson — both of whom were born in 1716. Jakuchu ...

According to an interview with BlouinArtInfo, Kushino was inspired by the works of Edo-period artist Ito Jakuchu, who often painted the natural world, including birds such as chickens.

From "The Age of Imagination: Japanese Art 1615-1868, From the Price Collection": Ito Jakuchu (1716-1800), detail from "Tiger," Edo period, dated Horeki 5 (1755).