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Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
ScarecrowMay 1962

Not on view
Small carved sculpture of a robed standing figure with arms outstretched, made from reddish-brown wood and cream-colored ivory or bone, with an incised patterned hood

Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada), Scarecrow, May 1962, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Title
Scarecrow
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
May 1962
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi, teak
Dimensions
2 7/8 x 2 9/16 x 13/16 in. (7.4 x 6.5 x 2.0 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.214
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • Masatoshi and Raymond Bushell. The Art of Netsuke Carving. San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1981.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Masatoshi: Present Day Master Netsuke Carver in the Tokugawa Tradition. Tokyo: Mikimoto Pearl Co., 1982.
  • 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.
Copyright
© artist or artist's estate

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