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
  • Building LACMA
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2026
Collections

Kitagawa Utamaro
Village Chiefcirca 1800

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print of a seated figure in a dark kimono with reed-pattern decoration, holding a brush, with vertical Japanese text cartouche at upper right
Artist or Maker
Kitagawa Utamaro
Japan, 1753-1806
Title
Village Chief
Date Made
circa 1800
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 14 1/8 × 10 in. (35.88 × 25.4 cm) Sheet: 15 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (39.05 × 25.56 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara S. Bowman
Accession Number
M.2015.298.9
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.

Related Unframed

The Eyes of New Ireland Province
The Eyes of New Ireland Province
  • November 24, 2009