Ito Jakuchu's <i>Pair of Mandarin Ducks an dWillows.</i> In Shinbi Taikan: “OWNED BY THE IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD. (WOOD-CUTS.) We have already reproduced, in this series, several of the Thirty pictures by Jakuchū which belong to the Imperial Household. The present pictures are reproduced from two more of the thirty, and they were done by the artist with a veritable pouring out of his might and ability. He did not wish to have these pictures pass into the hands of ordinary people, and so he donated them to a certain famous temple, because he desired to have them preserved as mementos long after his death. With this purpose, he sent them to Sholcokuji, and now they belong to the Imperial Household. He did not care to receive money for these masterpieces, and the fresh design of the subjects display a wealth of skill such as cannot be found in other artists' works. There is no one who surpasses him in his particular mode of treatment. ”
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18<sup>th</sup> century <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7</div>
Woodcut reproduction in: Tajima Shiichi; <i>Shinbi taikan</i> [真美大観] 15; Kyōto 1907 (Nihon bukkyō Shinbi Kyōkai)