Zemin
Blind Men Fightingmid-19th century

Not on view

Small circular ivory netsuke with high-relief carving of two struggling figures, one grimacing and one grinning, with a smaller creature below

Artist or Maker: Zemin
Title: Blind Men Fighting
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: mid-19th century
Period: Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium: Ivory with staining, sumi, red and white pigments; manjū type
Dimensions: 1 3/4 x 1 in. (4.5 x 2.6 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.87.263.31
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: 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.
Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 2. Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981.
Davey, Neil K. Netsuke: A Comprehensive Study Based on the M.T. Hindson Collection. Revised edition. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 1982
Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: B." International Netsuke Society Journal 27, no.4 (2007): 62-66.

Zemin
Blind Men Fightingmid-19th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Zemin
Title: Blind Men Fighting
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: mid-19th century
Period: Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium: Ivory with staining, sumi, red and white pigments; manjū type
Dimensions: 1 3/4 x 1 in. (4.5 x 2.6 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.87.263.31
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: 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.
Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 2. Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981.
Davey, Neil K. Netsuke: A Comprehensive Study Based on the M.T. Hindson Collection. Revised edition. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 1982
Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: B." International Netsuke Society Journal 27, no.4 (2007): 62-66.