Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings)

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Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century
  • color on silk
  • set of thirty hanging scrolls

Paintings – Japanese / Asian Paintings

National Treasure

Colorful Realm of Living Beings:(Doshoku Sai-e) is a masterpiece of thirty hanging scrolls, painted to sublime the Shakyamuni triad by Jakuchu passed down in Sokoku-ji Temple, Kyoto, and famous as Jakuchu's representative work. Every depiction in these works sych as plants, birds, insects, fishes and shells, fascinate those who admire them. In 1890, it was presented to the Court from Shokoku-ji Temple.(「Passing Art works to the Future」2013)

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Title/Name Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings)
Other Title/
Name
Artist/
Creator
Ito Jakuchu
Period/Era Edo period
Century 18c.
Quantity set of thirty hanging scrolls
Dimensions
Material/
Technique
color on silk
Signature/
Inscriptions
Accessories/
Contents
Country/
Origin
Excavation
Site
Related
Place
Kyoto
Provenance
Collection
No.
SZK002949
Category PaintingsJapanese / Asian Paintings
Cultural
Property
Designation
National Treasure
Notes
Keyword
Category for
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Permalink https://shozokan.nich.go.jp/en/collection/object/SZK002949
Last
Updated
2023/03/14

Exhibition History

  • Passing Art works to the Future - The Museum's 20 Years of Research on Masterpieces -,Sannomaru Shozokan,October 12,2013-November 24,2013
  • Birds and Flowers in Art - From Jakuchū to Modern Age -,Sannomaru Shozokan,March 8,1994-June 12,1994
  • Esthetic Sense of the Edo period - Tradition and Evolvement of Designs in Paintings -,Sannomaru Shozokan,March 26,2002-June 9,2002
  • Flowers and Birds - the spirit of appreciation and the art of painting <Focusing on Jakuchu>,Sannomaru Shozokan,March 25,2006-September 10,2006

Other Exhibition History

  • Jakuchū, 1716-1800 : le royaume coloré des êtres vivants,Musée du Petit Palais, Paris, France,September 15,2018-October 14,2018
  • Treasures of the Imperial Collections - Splendor of Japanese Art,Tokyo National Museum,October 6,2009-November 29,2009
  • Jakuchū! - 200th anniversary of Jakuchū's death,Kyoto National Museum,October 24,2000-November 26,2000
  • Treasures from the imperial palace,Kyoto National Museum,October 10,2020-November 23,2020
  • May 13,2007-June 3,2007
  • Colorful realm: Japanese bird-and-flower paintings by Itō Jakuchū,National Gallery of Art, Washington,March 30,2012-April 29,2012
  • Aesthetic connections - art from the Japanese imperial collection,Kyushu National Museum,July 20,2021-August 29,2021
  • Treasures of the Imperial Collections - the Essence of Art and Tradition,Tokyo National Museum,December 14,1999-February 13,2000
  • Twelve Centuries of Japanese Art from the Imperial Collections,Arthur M Sackler Gallery,December 14,1997-March 8,1998
  • Themes in Japanese art from the Imperial collection,The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts,August 6,2022-September 25,2022
  • The 300th anniversary of his birth: Jakuchu,Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum,April 22,2016-May 24,2016

Included Works

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Herbaceous peonies and butterflies

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
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(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Birds on blossoming plum

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
  •  

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Mandarin ducks in the snow

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
  •  

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Sparrows and millet

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
  •  

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Rooster, sunflowers and morning glories

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
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(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Hydrangeas with fowl

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
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(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Rooster and hen

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
  •  

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Blossoming plum under the moon

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
  •  

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
White peacock and peonies under a pine

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
  •  

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Rose mallows and fowl

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
  •  

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
White fowl and pine

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
  •  

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Cockatoos in an old pine

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
  •  

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
White goose and reeds

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
  •  

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Black rooster and nandin

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
  •  

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Cranes and blossoming plums

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
  •  

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Roosters and hemp palms

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
  •  

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Fish in a lotus pond

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
  •  

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Birds on blossoming peach tree

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
  •  

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Golden pheasants on a tree in the snow

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
  •  

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Fowls

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
  •  

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Roses and birds

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
  •  

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Peonies and birds

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
  •  

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Insects and reptiles at a pond

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
  •  

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Shellfish

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
  •  

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
White phoenix and old pine

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
  •  

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Wild goose and snow-covered reeds

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
  •  

(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Fish and octopus

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
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(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Fish

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
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(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Birds and chrysanthemums by a stream

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
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(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))
Birds and autumn maples

Ito Jakuchu

  • Edo period, 18th century 
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Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings)

Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings)

Colorful Realm of Living Beings:(Doshoku Sai-e) is a masterpiece of thirty hanging scrolls, painted to sublime the Shakyamuni triad by Jakuchu passed down in Sokoku-ji Temple, Kyoto, and famous as Jakuchu's representative work. Every depiction in these works sych as plants, birds, insects, fishes and shells, fascinate those who admire them. In 1890, it was presented to the Court from Shokoku-ji Temple.(「Passing Art works to the Future」2013)