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Nakahara Nantenbō
Scarecrowcirca 1917

Not on view
Hanging scroll, ink on paper, depicting a loosely brushed hand drum with cursive Japanese calligraphy and three red seals

Nakahara Nantenbō, Scarecrow, circa 1917, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Robert and Helen Kuhn Family Trust, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Nakahara Nantenbō
Japan, 1839-1925
Title
Scarecrow
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
circa 1917
Period
Taishō period (1912-1926)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 32 1/4 x 12 in. (81.92 x 30.48 cm); Mount: 67 1/4 x 18 in. (170.82 x 45.72 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Robert and Helen Kuhn Family Trust
Accession Number
M.2012.106.16
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Little, Stephen, Tushara Bindu Gude, Karina Romero Blanco, Silvia Seligson, Marco Antonio Karam. Las Huellas de Buda. Ciudad de México : Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2018.

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