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Collections

Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Frog Magic of Tenjiku TokubeiMay 1973

Not on view
Small ivory or bone netsuke carving of a grimacing figure in a coarse robe crouching atop a wide-eyed, warty toad, cream and amber-brown tones with red-accented eyes
Artist or Maker
Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Title
Frog Magic of Tenjiku Tokubei
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
May 1973
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi, hornbill inlays, red pigment
Dimensions
1 5/8 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/8 in. (4.2 x 3.1 x 2.9 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.237
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Madden, Odile. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 2." International Nestuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 24-35.