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Collections

Tsukamoto Kyokusai
Cricket Cagelate 19th-early 20th century

Not on view
Small carved wood box with domed lid, designed to resemble bundled bamboo stalks, with a lizard-shaped handle on top and vine carving at the base

Tsukamoto Kyokusai, Cricket Cage, late 19th-early 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Tsukamoto Kyokusai
Japan, active 1868-1926
Title
Cricket Cage
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 19th-early 20th century
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912) or Taishō period (1912-1926)
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
15/16 x 15/16 x 13/16 in. (2.3 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.292
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.