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Collections

Tametaka
Komachi on Grave Postmid- to late 18th century

Not on view
Small carved wood sculpture of a robed elderly figure seated on a gnarled log, with a gourd, mushroom, and spiral motifs in warm reddish-brown wood

Tametaka, Komachi on Grave Post, mid- to late 18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Tametaka
Title
Komachi on Grave Post
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid- to late 18th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
2 3/16 × 1 7/16 × 1 in. (5.56 × 3.65 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.181
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.