Matsushita Otomitsu (or Otoman)
Tigerearly to mid-19th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Matsushita Otomitsu (or Otoman)
Japan, Hakata, Kyushu, d. 1862
Title: Tiger
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: early to mid-19th century
Period: Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium: Ivory with staining, sumi, red pigment, double inlays
Dimensions: 1 3/4 x 1 11/16 x 1 9/16 in. (4.5 x 4.3 x 4.0 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.90.186.19
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.
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.
Hurtig, Bernard. The Netsuke Hall of Fame's Record Breakers. Honolulu: Bernard Hurtig's Orientwest, 1983.
Takamado no Miya Hisako. Kogiroku. Heisei 24nendo. Kananmachi (Osakafu): Osaka geijutsu daigaku, 2013.
Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.

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