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

Watanabe Shikō
Old Plum TreesEdo period, 18th century

Not on view
Six-panel folding screen, ink wash on cream ground, showing a gnarled tree with budding branches, bamboo, and birds in flight
Artist or Maker
Watanabe Shikō
Japan, 1683-1755
Title
Old Plum Trees
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
Edo period, 18th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
One from a pair of six-panel screens; ink and slight color on paper
Dimensions
65 1/2 × 146 1/2 in. (166.37 × 372.11 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Frederick R. Weisman Company
Accession Number
M.76.21.4.1a
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Y¯uzo, Yamane. Genshoku Nihon no bijutsu: S¯otatsuro k¯orin. Tokyo, Japan: Shogakkan, 1969.
  • Toshio, Ebine; Masatomo, Kawai; Motoaki, Kono. Nihon suiboku meihin zufu. Tokyo, Japan: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1993.