This fabulous frog racking up likes and retweets on Twitter can be found amongst the over 100 species of flora and 50 species of fauna in a huge scroll painting by Ito Jakuchu called “Saichufu” (also known in English as “Compendium of Vegetables and Insects”). Here is a detail of the portion of the scroll it is on, along with a thumbnail of the entire scroll (sorry, that is all the museum has publically posted!):
Saichufu (Compendium of Vegetables and Insects)
Japan, Edo Period
c.1790
Handscroll, ink and color on silk, 31.8cm x 1095.1cm
Important Cultural Property
Yoshizawa Memorial Museum of Art, Sano, Japan
https://www.city.sano.lg.jp/sp/yoshizawakinembijutsukan/1/10876.html
From the museum link above is also an announcement about its upcoming public exhibition: the first half (starting from the right as these scrolls are read right to left) will be on display from 17 September – 30 October 2022, then the second half (the part the frog is on!) will be on display from 1 November – 13 November 2022. Hopefully there will be lots of good photos taken and shared while it is out!
