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Collections

Nishimura Shigenaga (attributed to)
Chinese Lion, Peonies and Rockmid-1720s

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print with black ink outlines and yellow, gray, and coral accents showing a peony plant on rocks with butterflies above a shishi guardian lion amid swirling clouds

Nishimura Shigenaga (attributed to), Chinese Lion, Peonies and Rock, mid-1720s, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Barbara S. Bowman

Artist or Maker
Nishimura Shigenaga (attributed to)
Japan, circa 1697-1756
Title
Chinese Lion, Peonies and Rock
Date Made
mid-1720s
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Hand-colored woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 10 7/8 × 6 1/4 in. (27.62 × 15.88 cm) Sheet: 12 13/16 × 6 1/4 in. (32.54 × 15.88 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara S. Bowman
Accession Number
M.2015.298.75
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography

  • Goodall, Hollis. Living for the Moment: Japanese Prints from the Barbara S. Bowman Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2015.