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Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
The Monk Mongaku Shōnincirca mid-1830s

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Japanese woodblock print of a large, bearded man crouching amid crashing white waves, gripping a small cylindrical object, against a deep navy background with rain lines
Artist or Maker
Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Japan, Edo, 1786-1865
Title
The Monk Mongaku Shōnin
Date Made
circa mid-1830s
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 14 1/2 × 9 13/16 in. (36.83 × 24.92 cm) Sheet: 14 1/2 × 9 13/16 in. (36.83 × 24.92 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara S. Bowman
Accession Number
M.2015.298.57
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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