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Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
"No Evil" Monkeymid- to late 19th century

Not on view
Small carved amber sculpture, deep garnet red with translucent orange glow, showing a tightly curled human figure with hands pressed to face
Artist or Maker
Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
Title
"No Evil" Monkey
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid- to late 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868) or Meiji period (1868 - 1912)
Medium
Wine-colored amber
Dimensions
1 5/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 1/4 in. (3.3 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.87
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond Bushell, Part I. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
  • 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.
  • Atchely, Virginia. "Raymond Bushell Netsuke at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 5, no.1 (1985): 11-18.