Tanuki Carrying a Priest's Fly Whisk

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Tanuki Carrying a Priest's Fly Whisk

Alternate Title: 払子を持つ狸
Japan, first half of 20th century
Costumes; Accessories
Ivory with staining, sumi, red pigment, inlays
2 3/16 × 13/16 × 1 1/4 in. (5.56 × 2.06 × 3.18 cm)
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection (M.91.250.122)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Bushell, Raymond. "The So School." Journal of the International Netsuke Collectors Society 1, no.1 (1973): 14-18.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Scultpure in Minature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part II. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985.
  • Bushell, Raymond. "The So School." Journal of the International Netsuke Collectors Society 1, no.1 (1973): 14-18.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Scultpure in Minature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part II. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985.
  • Goodall, Hollis, Virginia G. Atchley, Neil K. Davey, Christine Drosse, Sebastian Izzard, Odile Madden, and Robert T. Singer. The Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection of Netsuke:  A Legacy at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Chicago: Art Media Resources, Inc.; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2003.
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