Within the protective dimness of the display space at the National Gallery of Art, the Japanese bird-and-flower paintings of Ito Jakuchu achieve a transcendent luminosity. Even if Asian screen art ...

In a rare U.S. visit, a collection of 30 Japanese bird-and-flower silk scroll paintings by Ito Jakuchu are on display at the National Gallery of Art, just in time for the National Cherry Blossom ...

The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art debuted “Bird and Blossom,” an exhibition of woodblock prints depicting simple relationships in the natural world, on Jan. 24. Curated by Eleanor Pschirrer-West, ...

WASHINGTON — Within the protective dimness of the display space at the National Gallery of Art, the Japanese bird-and-flower paintings of Ito Jakuchu achieve a transcendent luminosity. Even if Asian ...

In honor of the trees' centennial year in D.C., the National Gallery of Art brings us Colorful Realm: Japanese Bird-and-Flower Paintings by Itō Jakuchū (1716–1800), an exhibition of ...

The cherry blossoms may have faded, but there’s still time to enjoy another gift from Japan currently on view in Washington–“Colorful Realm: Japanese Bird-and-Flower Paintings” by Itõ Jakuchu, which ...

This depiction of graceful birds is part of the series of LargeBird-and-Flower Paintings (Kachō-e). Two cranes, traditional symbols of longevity, stand out against the branches of a snow-covered ...

The two exhibitions, " Colorful Realm: Japanese Bird-and-Flower Paintings by Ito Jakuchu (1716–1800)" at the National Gallery of Art and "Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" at the Arthur M ...

By the mid-18th century, the genre of bird-and-flower paintings was well established in Chinese, Korean and Japanese art. But Jakuchu took it to the highest level.