One of a pair of six-fold standing screens, this Kano School work from the Momoyama period depicts a landscape with pines and cranes against gold leaf. This image is included for two purposes. First, this set of standing screens serves to further…
This detail is included for the Natural History and Naturalism Exhibition as an example of a botanical representation being repurposed by Edo artists as a floral motif. It is also included to emphasize Itō Jakuchū's successful natural science…
This detail is included for the Natural History and Naturalism Exhibition as an example of a botanical representation being repurposed by Edo artists as a floral motif. It is also included to emphasize Itō Jakuchū's successful natural science…
details taken from Gary W. Kaiser "Two Different Methods of Lowering the Head in Extremely Long-Necked Birds" (The Inner Bird: Anatomy and Evolution, 2007), "Old Pine Tree and White Phoenix," Itō Jakuchū (伊藤 若冲). c. 1765, and "Pair of Phoenixes and…
details taken from Gary W. Kaiser "The Basic Arrangement of Toes in Birds" (The Inner Bird: Anatomy and Evolution, 2007), "Old Pine Tree and White Phoenix," Itō Jakuchū (伊藤 若冲). c. 1765, and "Pair of Phoenixes and Rising Sun," Itō Jakuchū (伊藤 若冲). c.…