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Rooster and Family

Itō Jakuchū 伊藤若冲

Colour painting of a rooster and a chicken looking down at their chicks by the roosters feet; the rooster has long, curving tailfeathers of black and white. A peony plant with pink petals blooms from the lower right into the upper center of the painting above the rooster. A rectangular border of a golden-colored textile surrounds the entire painting. — Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, 40 1/2 × 15 7/8 in (image). Public Domain

Artist
Itō Jakuchū

Subject Area
Creatures of the Sky

Artistic Techniques
Shasei

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