BIRDS & FLOWERS IN ART
A VISUAL SONG OF COLOR
Ito Jakuchu, Colorful Realm of Living Beings, c. mid-18th century, silk scroll, Imperial Household Agency, Tokyo, Japan
Tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes!
William Wordsworth, Lyrical Ballads
Japanese artist Ito Jakuchu (1715-1800) created the incomparable 30 panel silk scroll master work, Colorful Realm of Living Beings, during the Edo period. The personal and expressive Lyrical Ballads* of English poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850) helped to launch the Romantic period in art.
*Co-authored with Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
The above image is used solely for educational purposes and in the U.S. public domain.
