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Collections

Shōtō
Kappa Water Imp Caught by Clammid-19th century

Not on view
Small carved hardwood box with domed oval lid, topped with a high-relief carving of a whiskered fish and a small frog figure, honey-brown with a high-gloss finish

Shōtō, Kappa Water Imp Caught by Clam, mid-19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Shōtō
Title
Kappa Water Imp Caught by Clam
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-19th century
Medium
Wood with inlays
Dimensions
15/16 x 1 13/16 x 1 1/4 in. (2.3 x 4.6 x 3.1 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.4
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Scultpure in Minature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part II. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985.
  • 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.