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Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Ueda AkinariSeptember 1976

Not on view
Small carved ivory netsuke figure of a bearded, bald man in olive-brown and peach robes, head tilted back, holding a book and small tassel

Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada), Ueda Akinari, September 1976, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Title
Ueda Akinari
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
September 1976
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi
Dimensions
2 7/8 x 1 x 1 in. (7.3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.212
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.
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