LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2026
  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2026
Collections

Ōtagaki Rengetsu
Butterflies and Poem1869

Not on view
Japanese hanging scroll with calligraphy in flowing cursive script on white paper, two small ink-brushed butterfly figures, mounted in green floral silk and black brocade borders

Ōtagaki Rengetsu, Butterflies and Poem, 1869, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the 2013 Japanese Art Acquisitions Group in memory of Grace Tsao, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ōtagaki Rengetsu
Japan, 1791-1875
Title
Butterflies and Poem
Date Made
1869
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 11 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (29.21 × 44.45 cm); Mount: 46 × 22 in. (116.84 × 55.88 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the 2013 Japanese Art Acquisitions Group in memory of Grace Tsao
Accession Number
M.2014.127
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Goodall, Hollis, and Robert T. Singer. "Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 2014-2015: Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Archives of Asian Art 66, no.2 (2016): 282-290.
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.

Related Unframed

A Reverence for the Place of Animals in Japanese Art
A Reverence for the Place of Animals in Japanese Art
  • November 11, 2019
  • Robert T. Singer