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Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Earthquake FishSeptember 1969

Not on view
Small polished agate sculpture of a tadpole, smoky gray-brown body with a translucent amber tail, carved facial features and limb buds

Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada), Earthquake Fish, September 1969, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Title
Earthquake Fish
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
September 1969
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Black tortoiseshell
Dimensions
2 7/16 x 13/16 x 1/2 in. (6.3 x 2.0 x 1.3 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.243
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.
  • Goodall, Hollis. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 1." International Netsuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 14-22.
Copyright
© artist or artist's estate