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Collections

Kawanabe Kyōsai
Squirrels Eating Chestnuts1886

Not on view
Ink wash hanging scroll depicting two squirrels with chestnut burrs, one hanging from a gnarled branch above, one seated below on a hillside, with Japanese script and red seals at lower right

Kawanabe Kyōsai, Squirrels Eating Chestnuts, 1886, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Herbert R. Cole Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Kawanabe Kyōsai
Title
Squirrels Eating Chestnuts
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1886
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on silk mounted as hanging scroll
Dimensions
Image: 32 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. (82.5 x 33.7 cm); Mount: 62 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. (158.8 x 45.0 cm)
Credit Line
Herbert R. Cole Collection
Accession Number
M.84.31.515
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Japanese Art