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Shitomi Kangetsu
Chinese Lions; Viewing South Lake from a Mountain Hermitagecirca 1750

Not on view
Woodblock print on cream paper, two stacked panels: top shows two swirling lion-dog figures among peonies with Japanese or Chinese characters; bottom shows a roofed pavilion amid rocky forms with a vertical text inscription

Shitomi Kangetsu, Terai Shigefusa (Sesshōsai), Chinese Lions; Viewing South Lake from a Mountain Hermitage, circa 1750, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Ruth and Milton Hecht, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Shitomi Kangetsu
Japan, 1747 - 1797
Artist or Maker
Terai Shigefusa (Sesshōsai)
Japan, active 1744-1761
Title
Chinese Lions; Viewing South Lake from a Mountain Hermitage
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
circa 1750
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Page from a woodblock printed book
Dimensions
Image: 8 3/8 × 6 1/8 in. (21.27 × 15.56 cm) Sheet: 8 1/2 × 6 1/4 in. (21.59 × 15.88 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Ruth and Milton Hecht
Accession Number
M.2000.104.27
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art