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Collections

Nishimura Shigenaga
The Fashion of a Spring Cherry Maidencirca late 1720s

Not on view
Vertical Japanese woodblock print, two figures in patterned kimono, the taller holding a cherry blossom branch, with Japanese text cartouches and red seals

Nishimura Shigenaga, The Fashion of a Spring Cherry Maiden, circa late 1720s, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Barbara S. Bowman

Maker
Nishimura Shigenaga
Japan, 1697 (?)-1756
Title
The Fashion of a Spring Cherry Maiden
Date Made
circa late 1720s
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Hand-colored woodblock print with mica
Dimensions
Image: 10 3/4 × 5 1/2 in. (27.31 × 13.97 cm) Sheet: 13 1/2 × 5 3/4 in. (34.29 × 14.61 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara S. Bowman
Accession Number
M.2015.298.26
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.

  • Goodall, Hollis. "Living for the Moment: Japanese Prints from the Collection of Barbara S. Bowman." Arts of Asia 46, no.1 (2016): 44-52.