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Collections

Koma Bunsai
Noh Actor as Lion in the Play, "Stone Bridge"19th century

Not on view
Small polychrome sculpture of a crouching demon-like figure with flowing red hair, wearing a gold kimono with black cloud motifs and an orange-red pleated skirt
Artist or Maker
Koma Bunsai
Japan, active 19th century
Title
Noh Actor as Lion in the Play, "Stone Bridge"
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Gold and colored lacquer
Dimensions
1 1/2 x 1 x 1 7/8 in. (3.8 x 2.5 x 4.7 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.87.263.43
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. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Masks. San Francisco: Kodansha International, Ltd., 1985.
  • Takamado no Miya Hisako. Kogiroku. Heisei 24nendo. Kananmachi (Osakafu): Osaka geijutsu daigaku, 2013.