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Collections

Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Tongue-Cut SparrowAugust 1972

Not on view
Small ivory-toned netsuke of a smooth, rounded bird with an inlaid dark eye, a small human figure carved in chestnut brown lying on its back and grinning toward the viewer
Artist or Maker
Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Title
Tongue-Cut Sparrow
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
August 1972
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi, white tortoiseshell and lampblack inlays
Dimensions
1 1/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 7/16 in. (2.7 × 4.13 × 3.65 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.215
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Masatoshi and Raymond Bushell. The Art of Netsuke Carving. San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1981.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Masatoshi: Present Day Master Netsuke Carver in the Tokugawa Tradition. Tokyo: Mikimoto Pearl Co., 1982.
  • 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.