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Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Inari Fox20th century

Not on view
Small wood sculpture of a seated rat holding a carved scroll with Chinese characters, detailed fur texture in honey-tan wood

Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada), Inari Fox, 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Title
Inari Fox
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
20th century
Medium
Boxwood with sumi
Dimensions
2 1/4 × 1 9/16 × 1 in. (5.72 × 3.97 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.198
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.
  • Meinertzhagen, Frederick. The Art of the Netsuke Carver. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1956.
Copyright
© artist or artist's estate