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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

Kitagawa Utamaro, Village Chief, circa 1800, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Barbara S. Bowman

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.

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