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details taken from the second of a pair: "Standing Screens of Paulownias and Phoenixes," attributed to Kano School and "Pheasant Screen," Kano School. date uknown (18th century?)

One of a pair of six-fold standing screens with gold leaf, this set of screens depicts a different bird, flower, and month on each panel. Examples include mandarin ducks with snow, cranes and bamboo, or pheasants with tall grass. This image is…

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…

details taken from "Old Pine Tree and White Phoenix," Itō Jakuchū (伊藤 若冲). c. 1765, "Pair of Phoenixes and Rising Sun," Itō Jakuchū (伊藤 若冲). c. 1755, "White Elephant and Other Beasts," Itō Jakuchū (伊藤 若冲), c. 1770 - 1780, and "Plum Blossoms and…

details taken from "Old Pine Tree and White Phoenix," Itō Jakuchū (伊藤 若冲). c. 1765, "Pair of Phoenixes and Rising Sun," Itō Jakuchū (伊藤 若冲). c. 1755, "White Elephant and Other Beasts," Itō Jakuchū (伊藤 若冲), c. 1770 - 1780, and "Old Pine Tree and White…

details taken from "Old Pine Tree and White Phoenix," Itō Jakuchū (伊藤 若冲). c. 1765, "Pair of Phoenixes and Rising Sun," Itō Jakuchū (伊藤 若冲). c. 1755, "White Elephant and Other Beasts," Itō Jakuchū (伊藤 若冲), c. 1770 - 1780, and "Golden Pheasants and…

Although not native to Japan, peacocks were popular motifs in Buddhist art. They were associated with prosperity and culture as well as the Buddhist Peacock King, Mahamayuri. They were considered Chinese birds. Peonies shared these noble reputations,…

Old Pine Tree and White Phoenix depicts a white phoenix perched on a pine tree entwined with morning glory vines. Above the phoenix a grey sparrow is perched in the pine tree. The composition of the painting is asymmetrical with no vanishing point.…

One of the many chicken and rooster paintings from the "Colorful Realm of Living Beings" set, this painting depicts a white rooster and hen high in a pine tree beneath a red sun. Itō Jakuchū was an avid chicken painter, the fowl becoming primary…

Pair of Phoenixes and Rising Sun is not a painting in the Colorful Realm of Living Beings set. Painted right before the Colorful Realm, Pair of Phoenixes and Rising Sun has a setting that is much more ornate and detailed than later paintings…