The epitaph on Jakuchu's tombstone notes that after Jakuchu learned the Kano school methods, he left to study Sogen-ga (Chinese Song and Yuan painting, with vividly painted flowers and birds), with a desire to reproduce them.
前記の墓碑銘によると、若冲は狩野派の画法に通じた後その画法を捨て、宋元画（濃彩の花鳥画）に学び、模写に励んだとしている。