Soshin
Shōzuka no Baba: Hag of Helllate 19th-early 20th century

Not on view

Small wood carving of a standing elderly woman with long hair, bare chest, and a woven basket, carved in honey-brown wood with a polished surface

Artist or Maker: Soshin
Title: Shōzuka no Baba: Hag of Hell
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: late 19th-early 20th century
Medium: Wood with inlays
Dimensions: 4 1/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 1/8 in. (10.48 × 3.65 × 2.86 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: AC1998.249.133
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: 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.
Catalog of an Exhibition of Netsuke from the Collection of Raymond Bushell. London: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 1984.
Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 2. Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981.
Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
Phillips, Phoebe, ed. The Collectors' Encyclopedia of Antiques. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1973.
Atchely, Virginia. "Raymond Bushell Netsuke at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 5, no.1 (1985): 11-18.
Proser, Adriana, editor. Comparative Hell: Arts of Asian Underworlds. New York: Asia Society, 2022.

Soshin
Shōzuka no Baba: Hag of Helllate 19th-early 20th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Soshin
Title: Shōzuka no Baba: Hag of Hell
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: late 19th-early 20th century
Medium: Wood with inlays
Dimensions: 4 1/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 1/8 in. (10.48 × 3.65 × 2.86 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: AC1998.249.133
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: 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.
Catalog of an Exhibition of Netsuke from the Collection of Raymond Bushell. London: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 1984.
Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 2. Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981.
Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
Phillips, Phoebe, ed. The Collectors' Encyclopedia of Antiques. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1973.
Atchely, Virginia. "Raymond Bushell Netsuke at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 5, no.1 (1985): 11-18.
Proser, Adriana, editor. Comparative Hell: Arts of Asian Underworlds. New York: Asia Society, 2022.