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050 00 $aND1059.I79$bA64 2012
082 00 $a759.952$223
100 1 $aLippit, Yukio,$d1970-
245 10 $aColorful realm :$bJapanese bird-and-flower paintings by Itō Jakuchū /$cYukio Lippit with Ōta Aya, Oka Yasuhiro, and Hayakawa Yasuhiro ; photography by Shirono Seiji.
250 $a1st edition.
260 $aWashington, DC :$bNational Gallery of Art ;$aChicago ;$aLondon : University of Chicago Press,$c[2012], ©2012.
300 $axv, 222 pages :$billustrations ;$c29 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aThe exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Art, The Imperial Household Agency, and Nikkei, Inc., in association with the Embassy of Japan.
500 $aExhibition dates, National Gallery of Art, March 30-April 29, 2012.
520 $a"A much-anticipated harbinger of spring, the cherry blossom is also exemplary of the Japanese artistic aesthetic--a delight in simple, natural beauty and an attentiveness to the changing seasons. This spring will mark the centennial of Japan's gift of three thousand cherry trees to Washington, DC, and this sumptuously illustrated catalogue is the companion to a celebratory exhibition at the National Gallery of Art featuring the work of Ito Jakuchu.Jakuchu (1716-1800), a wealthy wholesaler and talented painter, is, in Japan, the most recognized artist of the premodern era. His thirty-scroll set of bird-and-flower paintings titled Colorful Realm of Living Beings is a renowned cultural treasure, one of the most beautiful and skilled examples of how the natural world is depicted and symbolized in Japanese art. Presenting gorgeous flora and fauna in meticulous detail, the scrolls are reunited here with Jakuchu's triptych of the Buddha Sakyamuni from the Zen monastery Shokokuji in Kyoto. This stunning volume reproduces these masterpieces of Edo-period art and complements them with extensive background material on their significance. Recent conservation of the scrolls has revealed new information about the materials and techniques used by Jakuchu, and those findings are discussed in the volume, offering a multifaceted understanding of the artist's virtuosity and innovation as a painter. As the first English-language examination and overseas display of Jakuchu's Colorful Realm in its entirety, the book and exhibition will offer new audiences a chance to encounter this landmark work-- generously lent by the Imperial Household Agency, Tokyo. "--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
600 10 $aItō, Jakuchū,$d1716-1800.$tDōshoku saie$vExhibitions.
650 0 $aAnimals in art$vExhibitions.
650 0 $aFlowers in art$vExhibitions.
710 1 $aJapan.$bKunaichō.
710 2 $aNational Gallery of Art (U.S.)