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Collections

Gyokurin
Laborer Smokingearly to mid-19th century

Not on view
Small carved wood netsuke of a seated, bald, heavyset male figure with raised arm and tilted head, warm honey-brown tone with polished surface

Gyokurin, Laborer Smoking, early to mid-19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Gyokurin
Japan, active early to mid-19th century
Title
Laborer Smoking
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early to mid-19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
1 1/4 x 1 3/16 x 15/16 in. (3.1 x 3.0 x 2.3 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.42
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. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.