DETAILS
- Artist
- Itō Jakuchū
- Date
- 1734
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink on paper
- Location
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- Image: 49 1/2 x 18 7/8 in. (125.7 x 47.9 cm)
- Collection
- Asian Art
- Culture
- Japan
- Credit line
- Purchase, Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust Gift, in honor of Cynthia and Leon Polsky, 1985
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Itō Jakuchū
Itō Jakuchū, an 18th-century Japanese painter, transformed the art world with his vibrant, hyper-realistic depictions of chickens and other animals, often incorporating surprising modern techniques.
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