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Toshiyama Sōkō
Picking the New Year's Pineearly 20th century

Not on view
Small circular netsuke with a cream ivory rim and amber-brown carved central disk depicting a seated robed figure holding a small bird

Toshiyama Sōkō, Picking the New Year's Pine, early 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Toshiyama Sōkō
Title
Picking the New Year's Pine
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 20th century
Medium
Wood disk, ivory bowl; kagamibuta type
Dimensions
1 3/8 x 9/16 in. (3.5 x 1.4 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.220
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • 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.