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Shūōsai Hidemasa II
Yorimasa: The Master Archermid-19th century

Not on view
Small ivory-toned carved netsuke of a crouching male figure in layered robes densely incised with floral scrollwork, gripping a diagonal staff, with a large pack on his back

Shūōsai Hidemasa II, Yorimasa: The Master Archer, mid-19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Shūōsai Hidemasa II
Japan, active mid-19th century
Title
Yorimasa: The Master Archer
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi
Dimensions
2 3/16 × 1 1/8 × 1 in. (5.56 × 2.86 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.87.263.114
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part III. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986.
  • 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. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.