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. Now that ...

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 is ...

BE@RBRICK Ito Jakuchu "Peony and Small Birds" 100% & 400% will go on sale at 7net from 2pm on July 1st, 2020. Ito Jakuchu was a genius painter active in the mid-Edo period. His depictions of plants ...

Most of the time, the vibrant animals of Ito Jakuchu’s realm live in darkness. The charged landscapes by Katsushika Hokusai do, as well. Like the cherry blossoms, their time in the limelight is brief, ...

The exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Art, The Imperial Household Agency, and Nikkei, Inc., in association with the Embassy of Japan. Exhibition dates, National Gallery of Art, March ...

Ito Jakuchu's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices of up to 1,590,000 USD for paintings, and 1,225,932 USD for works on papers. In the past 12 months, their works on ...

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In 2000, the Kyoto National Museum commemorated the death of Ito Jakuchu (1716-1800) with an exhibition that generated a surge of interest in the artist. The boom has possibly reached its zenith this ...

Waiting a Thousand Years for Recognition -- From Merchant to Painter -- Early Works -- Colorful Realm of Living Beings -- Suibokuga and Woodblock Prints -- His Later Years Brim with Curiosity -- Itō ...

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 ...