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Utagawa School
Sketch of a Fox's Shadow with a Lantern19th century

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Ink wash drawing on cream paper of a rabbit-like creature swinging a round paper lantern on a thin line, rendered in loose gray brushwork

Utagawa School, Sketch of a Fox's Shadow with a Lantern, 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Herbert R. Cole Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Utagawa School
Japan, late 18th-19th centuries
Title
Sketch of a Fox's Shadow with a Lantern
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 8 7/8 × 7 3/16 in. (22.54 × 18.26 cm) Sheet: 14 5/8 × 7 3/16 in. (37.15 × 18.26 cm)
Credit Line
Herbert R. Cole Collection
Accession Number
M.84.31.421
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art