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Ueno Setsugaku
Myriad Birds, Insects and Flowerscirca 1840-1865

Not on view
Vertical hanging scroll painted in ink and color on a gold ground, densely filled with flowering branches, peonies, and more than a dozen birds including magpies and large white pheasants
Hanging scroll painting, tall narrow format; large white flower with green center and broad leaves at upper right, green foliage and grass blades below, against a pale gold silk ground; two vertical Chinese characters and two red seal impressions at center.

Ueno Setsugaku, Myriad Birds, Insects and Flowers, circa 1840-1865, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Camilla Chandler Frost, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ueno Setsugaku
Japan, 1819-1894
Title
Myriad Birds, Insects and Flowers
Date Made
circa 1840-1865
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Hanging scroll; color and ink on silk
Dimensions
Image: 55 1/2 x 34 in. (140.97 x 86.36 cm); Mount: 82 1/2 x 41 1/4 in. (209.55 x 104.78 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2006.9
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography

  • "2005-2006 Selected Acquisitions." LACMA Insider 4, no.1 (2006): 4-7.

  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.