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Collections

Yashima Gakutei
Chinese Man Giving Nuts to Monkeys 1824

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print depicting a bearded elderly man in patterned robes bending toward a small gray crouching creature, with a pine tree and vertical Japanese text

Yashima Gakutei, Chinese Man Giving Nuts to Monkeys, 1824, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Barbara S. Bowman

Artist or Maker
Yashima Gakutei
Japan, c. 1786-c.1855
Title
Chinese Man Giving Nuts to Monkeys
Date Made
1824
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Surimono; color woodblock print with brass and tin
Dimensions
Image: 8 7/16 × 7 3/8 in. (21.43 × 18.73 cm) Sheet: 8 7/16 × 7 3/8 in. (21.43 × 18.73 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara S. Bowman
Accession Number
M.2015.298.35
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.