Jakuchu Flower Calendar 2023 Edition (Calendar)

This calendar features seasonal flowers from the "Jakuchu Gafu," a multicolor woodblock reproduction of a treasured ceiling painting at Kyoto's Shingyoji Temple. The floral ceiling painting by Ito Jakuchu, a painter active in the mid-Edo period, is housed at Kyoto's Shingyoji Temple (not open to the public). Originally painted for the Kannon Hall at Sekihoji Temple, where Jakuchu spent his final years, it underwent a tragic fate before being installed on the current temple ceiling. During the Meiji period, a luxurious collection of woodblock prints, "Jakuchu Gafu," was published, featuring 100 selected images from this ceiling painting, reproduced in multicolor woodblock prints. The "Jakuchu Calendar" features 13 prints from this collection, including the cover. The flowers and plants depicted within the unique compositions seen in Jakuchu's paintings have been reproduced using meticulous printing techniques to preserve the authenticity of the woodblock prints.