Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
Ryūan, a Daoist Immortalmid- to late 19th century

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Artist or Maker: Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
Title: Ryūan, a Daoist Immortal
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: mid- to late 19th century
Period: Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium: Ivory; manjū type
Dimensions: 2 5/16 x 1 x 5/8 in. (5.9 x 2.6 x 1.6 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.87.263.35
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Atchley, Virginia G. "Kaigyokusai: An Appreciation." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 12, no.4 (1992): 10-21.
Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 1. Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981.
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. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: I." International Netsuke Society Journal 29, no.3 (2009): 42-47.

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
Title: Ryūan, a Daoist Immortal
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: mid- to late 19th century
Period: Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium: Ivory; manjū type
Dimensions: 2 5/16 x 1 x 5/8 in. (5.9 x 2.6 x 1.6 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.87.263.35
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Atchley, Virginia G. "Kaigyokusai: An Appreciation." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 12, no.4 (1992): 10-21.
Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 1. Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981.
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. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: I." International Netsuke Society Journal 29, no.3 (2009): 42-47.