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Collections

Naitō Toyomasa
Gama, the Immortal with Toadfirst half of 19th century

Not on view
Small carved hardwood netsuke of a shaggy, upright creature with clawed feet clutching a grimacing human-like figure to its chest, with rich amber and dark brown patina

Naitō Toyomasa, Gama, the Immortal with Toad, first half of 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Naitō Toyomasa
Title
Gama, the Immortal with Toad
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
first half of 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Wood with inlays
Dimensions
2 13/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (7.1 x 3.1 x 3.1 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.87.263.97
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.
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: M." International Netsuke Society Journal 30, no.2 (2010): 34-41.