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Teisai Hokuba
Sketch of a Thunder Godcirca 1840

Not on view
Brush and ink drawing on off-white paper of a snarling demon figure surrounded by swirling clouds, lightning bolts, and circular tomoe-motif drums, with vertical columns of Japanese text in the upper right

Teisai Hokuba, Sketch of a Thunder God, circa 1840, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Simms, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Teisai Hokuba
Japan, 1771-1844
Title
Sketch of a Thunder God
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
circa 1840
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Ink drawing from an album; ink on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 3/4 x 7 5/8 in. (27.31 x 19.37 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Simms
Accession Number
M.2000.122.1
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art