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Sekkan
Seiōgyū Riding Backward on an Oxmid-16th century

Not on view
Hanging scroll, ink on paper, a bald robed figure seen from behind riding a large ox, painted with loose gestural brushwork, two red seals in lower right corner

Sekkan, Seiōgyū Riding Backward on an Ox, mid-16th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Phil Berg Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Sekkan
Japan, active 1555-1558
Title
Seiōgyū Riding Backward on an Ox
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-16th century
Period
Muromachi period (1392-1573)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 13 7/8 x 16 7/8 in. (35.3 x 42.8 cm); Mount: 47 5/16 x 21 3/4 in. (120.1 x 55.1 cm)
Credit Line
The Phil Berg Collection
Accession Number
M.71.73.125
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Berg, Phil. Man Came This Way: Objects from the Phil Berg Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971.