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Hanabusa Itchō

17 works

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Six-panel gold folding screen with ink-painted lions with curling manes and tails among white clouds.

Bugaku Dances (front); Chinese Lions (reverse)

early 18th century

Hanging scroll of seated Jizō Bodhisattva on a lotus throne with staff, halo, and clouds, in a patterned brocade mount.

Jizō Bosatsu

1667-98

Six-panel screen of figures sheltering from rain beside tiled wooden buildings, with umbrellas, willow and pine trees.

Taking Shelter from the Rain

after 1709

Folding screen painting of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune tumbling across a gold leaf background with treasure sacks.

Seven Gods of Good Fortune

Hanging scroll of misty mountains, a river gorge with small boats, pines and autumn maples in soft ink and color.

Autumn View of Arashiyama, Kyoto

1720

Painting of a dancing figure in patterned blue trousers and brown robe holding a fan, beside a tree and red pillar on gold.

Popular Deities, Sages, and Immortals

1615

Horizontal scroll with small figures in kimono along wooden shops, pine trees, and a pagoda in soft gray washes.

Pastimes and occupations of the twelve months

1615

Hanging scroll showing a white heron perched on a gnarled branch beneath drooping willow branches on a beige background.

Heron and willow

1615

Hanging scroll of a long-tailed bird perched on a blossoming plum branch against a pale background.

Bird and plum blossoms

1615

Fan-shaped painting on gold ground of a peddler with bundled poles and a child looking upward.

A peddler and a child looking at the moon

1615

Ink painting of a bearded Daoist immortal riding a white horse over clouds while a kneeling figure looks up beside a pine.

Daoist Immortal

1615-1868

Three Japanese figures in patterned robes on a gold background, a seated man with a fan, a kneeling man, and a young attendan

Scenes from Comic Plays [one of a pair]

1710

Hanging scroll of a white long-tailed bird perched on a blossoming plum branch against a pale background.

Bird and plum blossoms

1650

Ink painting on a hanging scroll of a water buffalo drinking beside a boy seated on a rock under a willow.

Boy with Water Buffalo [left of a pair]

Ink scroll painting of a boy on a water buffalo reaching toward two birds, with misty hills and bamboo behind.

Boy Riding Water Buffalo [right of a pair]

Ink painting of an owl perched on a bare branch above a stream and rocks, with leafy sprigs below.

An Owl Perched in a Tree

1710

Sketch of a Priest

17th to 18th century

Browse 17 works by Hanabusa Itchō from 8 museums, free to download in HD.