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Collections

Ryūkō
Gigaku Buddhist Guardian Maskearly 19th century

Not on view
Lacquered wood sculptural head with broad face, wide-set sunken eyes, flared nose, and open grinning mouth exposing teeth, with a small dark topknot at the crown
Artist or Maker
Ryūkō
Title
Gigaku Buddhist Guardian Mask
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
2 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (5.7 x 3.2 x 3.5 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.36
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 2. Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
  • 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.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Masks. San Francisco: Kodansha International, Ltd., 1985.