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Sōko (Morita Kisaburō)
Temple Guardian and Converted DemonAutumn 1940

Not on view
Small carved wood sculpture of two figures: a broad, bare-chested man with a topknot and grimacing expression beside a smaller, wild-haired demon-like creature carrying a bucket, connected by a curling ribbon of wood at the top

Sōko (Morita Kisaburō), Temple Guardian and Converted Demon, Autumn 1940, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Sōko (Morita Kisaburō)
Japan, 1879-1943
Title
Temple Guardian and Converted Demon
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
Autumn 1940
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Boxwood
Dimensions
1 15/16 x 1 1/2 x 1 in. (5.0 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.121
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • 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. Netsuke: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond Bushell, Part I. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
  • Atchely, Virginia. "Raymond Bushell Netsuke at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 5, no.1 (1985): 11-18.