BENRIDO Decorative Picture Scroll, "Sai Chu-fu" (Vegetables and Insects)

The Benrido Atelier is a COLLOTYPE workshop based in Kyoto, Japan and has mastered the art style since 1887. Their beautiful designs make for amazing Japanese gifts, decorations and souvenirs. The printing requires the best materials, with quality ink and handmade Japanese washi paper, and experienced craftsmen are the only ones able to properly design the prints - Each individual step requires experience and eye for detail to create beautiful tones and to properly balance the pigment.  

Jakuchu ITO, (Jakuchu Ito)

From Kyohogen to Kansei 12 (1716 ~ 1800), he was born in Kyoto. He studied the Kano school alongside his family business, the wholesale business of green products, but at the age of 39 he handed over the family estate to his younger brother and began to devote himself to painting.

While studying ancient paintings of the Yuan and Ming dynasties and decorative paintings in Japanese and Chinese styles called the Korin school, he sketched animals and plants, and especially was good at paintings of chickens. He was called "a bizarre painter" due to his unique painting style.