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  • This product is a Digital Download of a COUNTED CROSS STITCH PATTERN. Instructions included.
  • This pattern is used to sew and create a cross stitch picture.
  • This is NOT a completed product. It is NOT a kit, it is a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. Floss, fabric, and other supplies are NOT INCLUDED.
  • After purchasing you can work from this digital pattern on your device or print the pattern on your own printer.
  • The pattern consists of a multi-page enlarged chart that is easy to follow as you work.
  • This pattern is in Black and White and uses symbols to differentiate the different threads you will use. It is NOT IN COLOR.
  • See the detailed product images attached to this listing showing what you will receive and what the pattern looks like.
  • Chart/Patterns use up to 40 colors of floss, which YOU must provide.
  • This pattern uses Full Stitches only. No half stitches, and no backstitching necessary.
  • Charted for 14 count fabric and DMC Cotton Floss. Finished size is 10 inches (140 Stitches) by 18 inches (252 Stitches).

This Pattern was inspired by the work of Ito Jakuchu, 1716-1800, a Japanese painter of the mid-Edo period when Japan had closed its doors to the outside world. Many of his paintings concern traditionally Japanese subjects, particularly chickens and other birds. Many of his otherwise traditional works display a great degree of experimentation with perspective, and with other very modern stylistic elements. Compared to Soga Shohaku and other exemplars of the mid-Edo period eccentric painters, Jakuchu is said to have been very calm, restrained, and professional. He held strong ties to Zen Buddhist ideals, and was considered a lay brother (koji); but he was also keenly aware of his role within a Kyoto society that was becoming increasingly commercial.