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Tachibana Morikuni
Baku; Boarscirca 1740

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print on cream paper showing a spotted, lion-like mythical beast leaping among clouds above two charging wild boars, with vertical columns of Japanese script beside each animal

Tachibana Morikuni, Baku; Boars, circa 1740, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Ruth and Milton Hecht, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Tachibana Morikuni
Japan, 1679-1748
Title
Baku; Boars
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
circa 1740
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Page from a woodblock printed book
Dimensions
Image: 7 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (19.05 × 13.97 cm) Sheet: 7 11/16 × 5 5/8 in. (19.53 × 14.29 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ruth and Milton Hecht
Accession Number
M.2000.104.26
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art