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Tachibana Morikuni
Suisai amid Wavescirca 1740

Not on view
Woodblock print with black outlines on cream paper depicting a horned, boar-like sea creature emerging from stylized waves, with columns of Japanese cursive script above

Tachibana Morikuni, Suisai amid Waves, circa 1740, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Ruth and Milton Hecht, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Tachibana Morikuni
Title
Suisai amid Waves
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
circa 1740
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Page from a woodblock printed book
Dimensions
Image: 6 15/16 × 5 7/16 in. (17.62 × 13.81 cm) Sheet: 7 1/8 × 5 9/16 in. (18.1 × 14.13 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ruth and Milton Hecht
Accession Number
M.2000.104.25
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art