Hōboku
Kite in the Form of a Footman: Yakko19th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Hōboku
Title: Kite in the Form of a Footman: Yakko
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: 19th century
Period: Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium: Gold and colored lacquer
Dimensions: 1 15/16 x 1 7/16 x 1/2 in. (4.9 x 3.6 x 1.2 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.87.263.53
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
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.
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.

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Hōboku
Title: Kite in the Form of a Footman: Yakko
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: 19th century
Period: Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium: Gold and colored lacquer
Dimensions: 1 15/16 x 1 7/16 x 1/2 in. (4.9 x 3.6 x 1.2 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.87.263.53
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
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.
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.