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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Key Block for Oniwakamaru Observing the Great Carp in the Pondcirca 1889

On view:
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1
Woodblock printing matrix in dark, heavily cracked wood with carved relief image of a flowing-robed figure, rocky mountains, and a large bird, with a vertical cartouche of East Asian text at left

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Key Block for Oniwakamaru Observing the Great Carp in the Pond, circa 1889, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Herbert R. Cole Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Title
Key Block for Oniwakamaru Observing the Great Carp in the Pond
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
circa 1889
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Carved cherry wood
Dimensions
Image: 13 1/8 x 8 5/8 in.; (33.3 x 21.9 cm); Block: 15 1/8 x 10 5/8 x 5/8 in. (38.4 x 26.9 x 1.5 cm)
Credit Line
Herbert R. Cole Collection
Accession Number
M.84.31.23
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Keyes, Roger and George Kuwayama. The Bizarre Imagery of Yoshitoshi: The Herbert R. Cole Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1980.