3742188 One of a pair of folding screens (ink on paper) (pair to 3742187) by Jakuchu, Ito (1716-1800); 173.4?369.6?1.9 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN, USA; (add.info.: This pair of folding screens features twelve individual compositions, each pasted onto its own panel, a format known as an oshiebari screen. Each painting shows either a rooster or a hen (look out for two chicks hidden in one picture). Overlaid brushstrokes in varied ink tones capture the details of feathers and combs. Against white paper marked with only the briefest suggestions of natural settings?actus, bamboo, pine tree, banana plant, willow tree?he birds??flamboyant poses and dramatic plumage stand out. Chickens were the favorite subject of It? Jakuch贖, one the best-known painters in Kyoto in the 1700s.); by Minneapolis Institute of Art; Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation ; Japanese, out of copyright.