Golden Pheasants and Snow
Title
Golden Pheasants and Snow
Subject
Japanese hanging scroll
Description
Two pheasants, one male and one female, perch in a snow-covered pine tree surrounded by out-of-season peony blossoms. Itō Jakuchū used the snow to make "windows" that surround some of the delicate peony blossoms. Jakuchū depicted the snow using two methods. First, for the falling snow, Jakuchū splattered the composition with white shell pigment on the front and back of the silk. For the snow on the ground and trees, Jakuchū used multiple layers of white shell pigment to crate modeling and texture. This image is included in this website as evidence for the Phoenix Composed Composition.
Creator
Itō Jakuchū, 伊藤 若冲
Source
Colorful Realm of Living Beings, Museum of Imperial Collections, Tokyo, Japan
Publisher
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb.html National Gallery of Art, D.C, http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-event/sannomaru02.html Museum of Imperial Collections, Tokyo, Japan.
Date
c. 1761 - 1765
Contributor
Yukio Lippit
Rights
educational
Relation
Colorful Realm of Living Beings
Format
painted hanging scroll
Language
Japanese
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