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Ittokusai
Wrestlermid-19th century

Not on view
Small boxwood or ivory netsuke of a rotund dancing figure, nearly nude, balanced on one foot with arm raised, mouth open wide, warm honey-brown patina

Ittokusai, Wrestler, mid-19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ittokusai
Title
Wrestler
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Wood with sumi, inlays
Dimensions
2 7/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/16 in. (6.3 x 4.4 x 2.7 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.131
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.
  • Meinertzhagen, Frederick. The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part A. George Lazarnick, ed. New York: Alan R. Liss, Inc., 1986.
  • 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.

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