3742189 New Year\'s Sun, 1800 (ink & colour on silk) by Jakuchu, Ito (1716-1800); 101.6?38.9 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN, USA; (add.info.: One of the great eccentric painters of the Edo period, Jakuch贖 managed the family grocery until he was 40, passed the business to his younger brother, and devoted himself to painting. He developed a unique style of powerful brushwork, fantastic forms, and sharp, colorful detailing drawn from his study of the Kan? school and Chinese painting. The pine and the sun are auspicious motifs in this painting, making it suitable for display on New Year??? Day. According to the inscription, Jakuch贖 created it in his final year of life, when he was 85 by the East Asian system of counting.); by Minneapolis Institute of Art; Gift of the Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture.