Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings)

Details

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	Paintings – Japanese / Asian Paintings
Cultural Property Designation	National Treasure
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Permalink	https://shozokan.nich.go.jp/en/collection/object/SZK002949
Last Updated	2026/08/28

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,Freer Gallery of Art and 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 
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(among  Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings))

Mandarin ducks in the snow

Ito Jakuchu

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

Sparrows and millet

Ito Jakuchu

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

Blossoming plum under the moon

Ito Jakuchu

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

White peacock and peonies under a pine

Ito Jakuchu

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

Rose mallows and fowl

Ito Jakuchu

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

White fowl and pine

Ito Jakuchu

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

Cockatoos in an old pine

Ito Jakuchu

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

White goose and reeds

Ito Jakuchu

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

Black rooster and nandin

Ito Jakuchu

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

Cranes and blossoming plums

Ito Jakuchu

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

Roosters and hemp palms

Ito Jakuchu

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

Fish in a lotus pond

Ito Jakuchu

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

Birds on blossoming peach tree

Ito Jakuchu

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

Golden pheasants on a tree in the snow

Ito Jakuchu

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

Fowls

Ito Jakuchu

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

Roses and birds

Ito Jakuchu

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

Shellfish

Ito Jakuchu

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

White phoenix and old pine

Ito Jakuchu

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

Wild goose and snow-covered reeds

Ito Jakuchu

• Edo period, 18th century 
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(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 
•  

(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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