Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
Bear Licking Honeymid- to late 19th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
Title: Bear Licking Honey
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: mid- to late 19th century
Medium: Ebony with inlays
Dimensions: 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/8 in. (4.4 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: AC1998.249.99
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: 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.
Catalog of an Exhibition of Netsuke from the Collection of Raymond Bushell. London: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 1984.
Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
Atchley, Virginia G. "Kaigyokusai: An Appreciation." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 12, no.4 (1992): 10-21.