All 30 National Treasure paintings of Ito Jakuchu's "Doshoku Sai-e" to be shown together for the first time in about 10 years. Special exhibition "National Treasure: Doshoku Sai-e, A World of Color" held at the Sannomaru Shozokan in the Imperial Palace
From February 4 to March 14, 2027, the Sannomaru Shozokan will host a special exhibition showing all 30 National Treasure paintings of Ito Jakuchu's "Doshoku Sai-e."Summary
The Sannomaru Shozokan in the Imperial Palace will hold the special exhibition "National Treasure: Doshoku Sai-e, A World of Color" from February 4 to March 14, 2027, celebrating its grand opening. The exhibition brings together all 30 scrolls of "Doshoku Sai-e," the masterpiece of Edo-period painter Ito Jakuchu (1716–1800), which was designated a National Treasure in 2021. It marks the first full showing of all 30 scrolls in Japan in about 10 years since 2016, the first since the museum opened in 1993, and the first since the National Treasure designation. The exhibition is organized into three chapters: Chapter 1, "Doshoku Sai-e I: From Spring to Summer," features spring and summer works such as "Peonies and Butterflies" (c. 1757) and "Sunflower and Rooster" (1759); Chapter 2, "Competing in Flowers: Early Modern Kyoto Bird-and-Flower Painting," highlights contemporaries such as Maruyama Okyo's "Peacock and Peonies" (1776) and Yosa Buson's "Kite and Crow" (c. 1778–83); and Chapter 3, "Doshoku Sai-e II: From Autumn to Winter," presents autumn and winter works including "Nandina and Rooster" (1761–65) and "Snowy Day and Golden Pheasant" (1761–65). The exhibition reveals the diversity of the imperial family's treasures while comparing Jakuchu's vivid color expression with the varied approaches of early modern Kyoto painters.
(Source：美術手帖)