Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
CicadaOctober 1975

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Japan, Tokyo, 1915-2001
Title: Cicada
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: October 1975
Medium: Hippopotamus tooth; sashi type
Dimensions: 5 x 3/4 x 3/8 in. (12.7 x 1.9 x 0.9 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: AC1998.249.53
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.
Masatoshi and Raymond Bushell. The Art of Netsuke Carving. San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1981.