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Collections

Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Kappa Water Imp with Cucumbers in Head BowlDecember 1978

Not on view
Small carved sculpture of a seated hybrid monkey-reptile figure with scale-covered skin in caramel brown, holding a coiled snake atop its hollow head
Artist or Maker
Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Title
Kappa Water Imp with Cucumbers in Head Bowl
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
December 1978
Medium
Boxwood with inlays
Dimensions
2 7/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (6.3 x 4.4 x 3.8 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.141
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.