Hōkkyō Sessai
Snakemid-19th century

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Artist or Maker: Hōkkyō Sessai
Title: Snake
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: mid-19th century
Period: Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium: Wood with inlays
Dimensions: 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 3/4 in. (3.8 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: AC1998.249.41
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.
Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
Waszak, Steve. "Sessai: Echizen Master." International Netsuke Society Journal 16, no.4 (1996): 11-30.

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