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Collections

Somada Mitsumasa
Inrō, Ojime, Netsukeearly-mid 19th century

Not on view
Japanese lacquer inrō with four stacked black compartments decorated in mother-of-pearl inlay and gold lacquer, depicting figures and bamboo, with purple braided cord, ojime bead, and netsuke plaque with carved boar
Japanese inrō, black lacquer with gold and mother-of-pearl inlay depicting running hares and a bundled bamboo arrangement on a gold-sprinkled ground; suspended from a purple braided cord with a rectangular ojime bead showing a recumbent boar in relief on a dark inlaid ground.
Artist or Maker
Somada Mitsumasa
Japan, 1795-1856
Title
Inrō, Ojime, Netsuke
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early-mid 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Inrō: lacquer on substrate, sprinkled gold flecks, inlaid mother-of-pearl; Ojime: buffalo horn; Netsuke: vermilion and black lacquer on wood with mother-of-pearl inlay
Dimensions
Inro: 3 3/4 × 2 × 1 in. (9.53 × 5.08 × 2.54 cm) Ojime: 11/16 × 5/8 × 1/2 in. (1.75 × 1.59 × 1.27 cm) Netsuke: 1 1/16 × 1 3/16 × 7/8 in. (2.7 × 3.02 × 2.22 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.323
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.