Yoshinobu
Kappa, a Water Impcirca Meiji period, 1868-1912

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Yoshinobu
Title: Kappa, a Water Imp
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: circa Meiji period, 1868-1912
Medium: Silvered bronze, mixed-metal disk, ironwood bowl; kagamibuta type
Dimensions: 1 5/8 x 1/2 in. (4.1 x 1.3 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.87.263.77
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 2. 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.
Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
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.