Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Frog Magic of Tenjiku TokubeiMay 1973

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Artist or Maker: Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Title: Frog Magic of Tenjiku Tokubei
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: May 1973
Period: Shōwa period (1926-1989)
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: Masatoshi and Raymond Bushell. The Art of Netsuke Carving. San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1981.
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.
Bushell, Raymond. Masatoshi: Present Day Master Netsuke Carver in the Tokugawa Tradition. Tokyo: Mikimoto Pearl Co., 1982.
Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
Madden, Odile. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 2." International Nestuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 24-35.
Copyright: © artist or artist's estate

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Title: Frog Magic of Tenjiku Tokubei
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: May 1973
Period: Shōwa period (1926-1989)
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: Masatoshi and Raymond Bushell. The Art of Netsuke Carving. San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1981.
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.
Bushell, Raymond. Masatoshi: Present Day Master Netsuke Carver in the Tokugawa Tradition. Tokyo: Mikimoto Pearl Co., 1982.
Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
Madden, Odile. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 2." International Nestuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 24-35.