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Kōkoku
Fox Disguised as Priestmid-19th century

Not on view
Small carved wood netsuke of an anthropomorphic animal figure dressed in dark lacquered Buddhist monk's robes, holding a staff and prayer beads

Kōkoku, Fox Disguised as Priest, mid-19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Kōkoku
Title
Fox Disguised as Priest
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-19th century
Medium
Wood with lacquer, inlays
Dimensions
2 × 7/8 × 1/2 in. (5.08 × 2.22 × 1.27 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.122
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • Bushell, Raymond. The Wonderful World of Netsuke. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc., 1964.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond Bushell, Part I. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
  • 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.