Ito jakuchu biography of barack

Jakuchu ITO (March 1, 1716 - October 27, 1800) was a painter in Kyoto during the Edo period. He ranks with Shohaku SOGA and Rosetsu NAGASAWA as an 'eccentric painter' who skillfully fused reality and imagination.

Biography
He was born in 1716 as the heir to the wholesale greengrocer Musugen in Nishiki-koji, Kyoto. At the age of 23, when his father died, he took his father's name Genzaemon MASUYA (ITO) and became the fourth generation owner of the family business.

His pseudonym, Jakuchu, was a Koji-go, a name given to a Buddhist layman by a Zen monk, Daiten Kenjo of Shokoku-ji Temple.

Ito jakuchu biography of barack obama

According to the historical record left by Daiten "Tokei Wagaenoki," Jakuchu was interested only in painting and showed no interest in public affairs. He was not too enthusiastic about his family business and he was not into other art forms, nor alcohol.

He never married. In 1755, when he was 40 years old, he surrendered the family business to his younger brother and retired (at