Arts & Culture | February 17, 2012

Yukio Lippit video on 18th-century Japanese painter Itō Jakuchū

In a video interview, Yukio Lippit explains the beauty of Japanese paintings displayed in the Cherry Blossom Festival centennial exhibit.

From The March-April 2012 Issue

“A Blossoming Centennial” in the March-April issue of this magazine takes an in-depth look at the exhibition Colorful Realm: Japanese Bird-and-Flower Paintings by Itō Jakuchū (1716–1800), on display this spring at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., as part of the centennial celebration of the Cherry Blossom Festival. In this video, learn more about eighteenth-century painter Itō Jakuchū and his exquisite 30-scroll set of bird-and-flower paintings—one of Japan’s most celebrated cultural treasures.

Published in the March-April 2012 print issue under the headline “An Enchanted 'Colorful Realm',” in the section.

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