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Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings)

動植綵絵
Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings) (動植綵絵)
PLATE IImage: The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0
At a glance — Painting · Edo period, 18th century · held by The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan · designated National Treasure of Japan · Ito Jakuchu.

Fact Sheet

Designation
National Treasure (国宝)
Category
Paintings
Date
1701–1800
Creator
Ito Jakuchu (伊藤若冲、伊藤若沖)
Catalogue ID
cobas-175741

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Colorful Realm of Living Beings:(Doshoku Sai-e) is a masterpiece of thirty hanging scrolls, painted to sublime the Shakyamuni triad by Jakuchu passed down in Sokoku-ji Temple, Kyoto, and famous as Jakuchu's representative work. Every depiction in these works sych as plants, birds, insects, fishes and shells, fascinate those who admire them. In 1890, it was presented to the Court from Shokoku-ji Temple.(「Passing Art works to the Future」2013)

— Museum description: The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.

Record & Sources

Cite this page: “Doshoku Sai-e (Colorful Realm of Living Beings)(動植綵絵).” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-175741. The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/doshoku-sai-e-colorful-realm-of-living-beings/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
  • Cultural property designation: National Treasure
  • Genre: Paintings
  • Material: color on silk
  • Quantity: set of thirty hanging scrolls
  • 分類: 絵画
  • 品質形状: 絹本着色
  • 員数: 30幅(寄進状、一行書の2幅付属)

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