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Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
Sleeping Catmid- to late 19th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
Japan, 1813-1892
Title: Sleeping Cat
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: mid- to late 19th century
Medium: Ivory with sumi, red pigment
Dimensions: 1 5/8 x 1 1/8 x 1 in. (4.1 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: AC1998.249.80
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: C." International Netsuke Society Journal 28, no.1 (2008): 28-31.
Atchley, Virginia G. "The Pavilion of Japanese Art in Los Angeles." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 8, no.4 (1988): 18-25.
Atchely, Virginia. "Raymond Bushell Netsuke at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 5, no.1 (1985): 11-18.