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Morikawa Toen
Fox Disguised as a Priestmid- to late 19th century

Not on view
Polychrome wood sculpture of a standing robed figure with faceted angular carving, painted in black, teal, white, and terracotta, wearing a dark angular hat

Morikawa Toen, Fox Disguised as a Priest, mid- to late 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Morikawa Toen
Japan, 1820-1894
Title
Fox Disguised as a Priest
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid- to late 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Wood with pigments
Dimensions
3 7/16 × 1 1/8 × 1 in. (8.73 × 2.86 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.159
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Masks. San Francisco: Kodansha International, Ltd., 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.
  • Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: D." International Netsuke Society Journal 28, no.2 (2008): 22-27.