Itō Sōzan
Fireflies1920s

Not on view

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of fireflies glowing amber-yellow against a near-black night sky, with thin dark reeds rising from a pale gray water surface

Itō Sōzan, Fireflies, 1920s, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Chuck Bowdlear, Ph.D., and John Borozan, M.A., photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker: Itō Sōzan
Title: Fireflies
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: 1920s
Period: Taishō period (1912-1926)
Medium: Color woodblock print
Dimensions: Image: 14 11/16 × 6 1/2 in. (37.31 × 16.51 cm) Sheet: 14 15/16 × 6 3/4 in. (37.94 × 17.15 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Chuck Bowdlear, Ph.D., and John Borozan, M.A.
Accession Number: M.2000.105.151
Classification: Prints
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Kendall H. Brown, Hollis Goodall-Cristante. Shin-hanga: New Prints in Modern Japan. Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Seattle, Wash. : in association with University of Washington Press, 1996.

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Itō Sōzan
Fireflies1920s

Not on view

Itō Sōzan, Fireflies, 1920s, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Chuck Bowdlear, Ph.D., and John Borozan, M.A., photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker: Itō Sōzan
Title: Fireflies
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: 1920s
Period: Taishō period (1912-1926)
Medium: Color woodblock print
Dimensions: Image: 14 11/16 × 6 1/2 in. (37.31 × 16.51 cm) Sheet: 14 15/16 × 6 3/4 in. (37.94 × 17.15 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Chuck Bowdlear, Ph.D., and John Borozan, M.A.
Accession Number: M.2000.105.151
Classification: Prints
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Kendall H. Brown, Hollis Goodall-Cristante. Shin-hanga: New Prints in Modern Japan. Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Seattle, Wash. : in association with University of Washington Press, 1996.