Happy Improvisations on a Riverboat Journey, Itō Jakuchū, ca. 1767

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Happy Improvisations on a Riverboat Journey, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1767, Japan, Handscroll; woodblock print; ink on paper, 11 3/16 x 39 ft. 7/16 in. ( x cm), Prints, Itō Jakuchū (Japanese, 1716–1800), This scroll records a journey in spring 1767 down the Yodo River from Kyoto to Osaka enjoyed by Jakuchū, one of the most inventive artists of the Edo period, and his friend and mentor Daiten Kenjō (1719–1801), a Zen monk

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Size: 4588px × 1936px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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