LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2026
  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Building LACMA
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2026
Collections

Masanao II (Miyake)
Monkeys and Wasplate 19th-early 20th century

Not on view
Small carved wood netsuke of a seated monkey with fine incised fur texture, amber-brown face, and open mouth revealing teeth, with a small figure on its back

Masanao II (Miyake), Monkeys and Wasp, late 19th-early 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Masanao II (Miyake)
Title
Monkeys and Wasp
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 19th-early 20th century
Medium
Wood with inlays
Dimensions
1 5/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 3/16 in. (3.4 x 3.3 x 3.0 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.27
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • 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.