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Collections

Totoya Hokkei
Ame-no-Tajikarao-no-kami Carrying Stone Slabscirca early to mid-1820s

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print of a wide-eyed, gray-bearded figure in layered rust-red and gray robes straining to lift a massive rectangular slab, surrounded by billowing clouds
Artist or Maker
Totoya Hokkei
Japan, 1780-1850
Title
Ame-no-Tajikarao-no-kami Carrying Stone Slabs
Date Made
circa early to mid-1820s
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Surimono; color woodblock print with brass and tin
Dimensions
Image: 8 3/8 × 7 7/16 in. (21.27 × 18.89 cm) Sheet: 8 3/8 × 7 7/16 in. (21.27 × 18.89 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara S. Bowman
Accession Number
M.2015.298.78
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.

  • Goodall, Hollis. "Living for the Moment: Japanese Prints from the Collection of Barbara S. Bowman." Arts of Asia 46, no.1 (2016): 44-52.