Roosters and Hens [right of a pair], 18th century
Itō Jakuchūexpand_more
Ink on paperexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.182.2
Not on Viewexpand_more
This pair of folding screens features twelve individual compositions, each pasted onto its own panel, a format known as an oshiebari screen. Each painting shows either a rooster or a hen (look out for two chicks hidden in one picture). Overlaid brushstrokes in varied ink tones capture the details of feathers and combs. Against white paper marked with only the briefest suggestions of natural settings—cactus, bamboo, pine tree, banana plant, willow tree—the birds’ flamboyant poses and dramatic plumage stand out. Chickens were the favorite subject of Itō Jakuchū, one the best-known painters in Kyoto in the 1700s.
Details
- Title
- Roosters and Hens [right of a pair]
- Artist Life
- 1716 - 1800
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.182.2
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 433
- Curator Approved
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