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Collections

Itō Shinsui
Ishiyama TempleDecember 1917

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print, vertical composition in deep teal and near-black, showing a silhouetted shrine pavilion and twisted trees on a cliff beneath a butter-yellow moon and scattered stars, with a small crouching figure below

Itō Shinsui, Ishiyama Temple, December 1917, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Carl Holmes, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Itō Shinsui
Japan, 1898-1972
Title
Ishiyama Temple
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
December 1917
Period
Taishō period (1912-1926)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 11 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (29.69 × 20 cm) Sheet: 12 11/16 × 8 11/16 in. (32.23 × 22.07 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Carl Holmes
Accession Number
M.71.100.104
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Kendall H. Brown, Hollis Goodall-Cristante. Shin-hanga: New Prints in Modern Japan. Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Seattle, Wash. : in association with University of Washington Press, 1996.
Copyright
© Ito Shinsui Estate