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Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Transforming Fox20th century

Not on view
Small ivory netsuke sculpture of a standing figure being enveloped by a curling supernatural form, decorated with gray and red East Asian script and floral motifs

Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada), Transforming 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
Transforming Fox
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
20th century
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi, red and gold pigments
Dimensions
3 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 1 3/16 in. (9.0 x 3.1 x 3.0 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.195
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.
  • Takamado no Miya Hisako. Kogiroku. Heisei 24nendo. Kananmachi (Osakafu): Osaka geijutsu daigaku, 2013.
  • Katz-Harris, Felicia, editor. Yōkai: Ghosts, Demons & Monsters of Japan. Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2019.
Copyright
© artist or artist's estate