Ito Jakuchu, who left many masterpieces in the world with the mercy of the Buddha nature inhabiting everything that has life, such as flowers, birds and insects, is Japan's leading painter who started me to start sumi-e.
If Ito Jakuchu had lived in this era, what kind of worries did he use to describe this endangered bird and what technique he used? Based on the theme, Jakuchu actually drew the ink painting “Pine, Plum and Bamboo with Cranes”. Originally, shoebills are birds that live in Africa, but recently they have been seen in many zoos in Japan and are very popular, but it is not widely known that this bird is actually designated as an endangered species So, I wanted to take a look at the ink painting drawn about 300 years ago, with the hope of getting interested in global environmental issues.
Washi is always drawn all at once because wrinkles get more and more as it dries over time after ink is applied. So the larger the size, the more skill and speed it takes to draw.
* This work will be donated part of the sales to an organization that is engaged in nature conservation activities.
