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Taki Shūhō
By Candle Light1936

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print, woman in left-facing profile with elaborate black hair ornaments and white face, lit candle to the left, lavender background

Taki Shūhō, By Candle Light, 1936, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Juda, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Taki Shūhō
Japan, 1902-1979
Title
By Candle Light
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1936
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Color woodblock print with silver mica
Dimensions
Image: 15 7/16 × 10 5/8 in. (39.21 × 26.99 cm) Sheet: 16 3/8 × 11 3/4 in. (41.59 × 29.85 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Juda
Accession Number
M.73.37.540
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Brown, Kendall H. Light in Darkness: Women in Japanese Prints of Early Shōwa (1926-1945). Los Angeles: Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, 1996.