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Collections

Teisai Hokuba
"Elegant Things": Snow on Plum Blossomscirca 1820

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print, two women in layered kimono on a snow-dusted balcony, wintry landscape below, with columns of Japanese text above
Artist or Maker
Teisai Hokuba
Japan, 1771-1844
Title
"Elegant Things": Snow on Plum Blossoms
Date Made
circa 1820
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Surimono; color woodblock print with brass, tin, and embossing
Dimensions
Image: 8 1/4 × 7 3/8 in. (20.96 × 18.73 cm) Sheet: 8 3/8 × 7 3/8 in. (21.27 × 18.73 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara S. Bowman
Accession Number
M.2015.298.46
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.