Browse Items (33 total)
Sort by:
Featured Item
detail from Itō Jakuchū's (伊藤 若冲) "Peonies and Butterflies" depicting pink and white peonies
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…
detail from Itō Jakuchū's (伊藤 若冲) Doshoku Sai-e scrolls executed for the monastery Rokunoji depicting floral motifs
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…
Two Different Methods of Lowering the Head in Extremely Long-Necked Birds
The Inner Bird: Anatomy and Evolution
The Basic Arrangements of Toes in Birds
The Inner Bird: Anatomy and Evolution
Old Pine Tree and White Peacock
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,…
White Elephant and Other Beasts
(also known as Birds, Animals, and Flowers)
White Elephant and Other Beasts is a pair of six-fold painted screens, also known as byōbu, attributed to Itō Jakuchū (伊藤 若冲). The pair of screens depicts a variety of local, exotic, and mythical creatures. One of the pair is dedicated to depictions…
Flowers and Birds of the Twelve Months
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…
Pheasants and Pine Trees
This is one of a pair of six-fold standing screens painted with gold leaf, ink, and paint. It depicts a landscape with male and female pheasants on pine trees surrounded by snow. The screens are attributed to the Kano School, though more specific…
Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons
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…
Pheasant Screen
This depiction of male and female phoenixes on gold leaf is a one two-fold standing screen. The scene depicts one male and one female phoenix. The male phoenix sits in a tree with no branches flanked with white peonies. The female rests in bamboo. It…