Vegetable Nirvana

果蔬涅槃図

At a glance — Painting · Edo period · held by Kyoto National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan · Ito Jakuchu.

Fact Sheet

Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Category: Paintings
Period: Edo period
Date: 1603
Creator: Ito Jakuchu (伊藤若冲、伊藤若沖)
Dimensions: Height182.4cm:Width96.3cm
Held by: Kyoto National Museum
Location: Higashiyama, Kyoto
Catalogue ID: cobas-5738

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In addition to colored flower and bird paintings such as Animals and Plants (J., Dôshoku sai e), Itô Jakuchû (1716-1800) also broke new ground in his ink paintings, which are similar to the ippin painting style (extraordinary painting style) of the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644) of China. Wild grasses and fruits are arranged in this scroll by using a Nirvana painting motif. The work can be considered a caricature painting as well.

— Museum description: Kyoto National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.

Record & Sources

Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財), Government of Japan
Catalogue ID: cobas-5738 (permanent)
Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-5738
Holder's collection: ColBase — Kyoto National Museum
Photograph: Kyoto National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0. CC BY 4.0 licence

Cite this page: “Vegetable Nirvana（果蔬涅槃図）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-5738. Kyoto National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/vegetable-nirvana/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.

Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)

Genre: Painting
Category: Paintings, sketches, and prints:Japan:Early modern paintings
Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
Size: Height182.4cm:Width96.3cm
員数: 1幅
分類: 絵画
種別: 絵画:日本:近世絵画
法量: 縦182.4cm:横96.3cm
銘文等: 「藤汝釣印」（白文方形）「若沖居士」（白文円形）

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