souchuuga　草虫画

KEY WORD :　art history / paintings

Ch: caochonghua. Paintings of insects and plants, where various kinds of insects including bees, butterflies, and grasshoppers, set among flowers and grasses, are depicted in a distinct thematic genre. Although souchuuga were very popular in Changzhou (Jp: Joushuu 常州), China, from the Song to the Ming dynasties, and many extant examples are found in Japanese collections, Japanese artists seldom did this type of painting. A rare but well-known Japanese example is a large hanging scroll depicting various insects around a pond by Itou Jakuchuu 伊藤若冲 (1716-1800), which is among a set of 30 scrolls of The Animals and Plants in Colors Doushoku sai-e 動植綵絵 (1770; Imperial Collection).

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