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Collections

Matsukawa Hanzan
Freeing a Sparrowcirca 1863

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print on cream paper, seated figure in patterned robes looking upward, with vertical columns of Japanese text and a small bird in the upper left

Matsukawa Hanzan, Freeing a Sparrow, circa 1863, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Barbara S. Bowman, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Matsukawa Hanzan
Title
Freeing a Sparrow
Date Made
circa 1863
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Color woodblock print, surimono, trimmed
Dimensions
Image: 6 1/2 × 6 in. (16.51 × 15.24 cm) Sheet: 7 1/16 × 7 in. (17.94 × 17.78 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara S. Bowman
Accession Number
M.2005.157.2
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art