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Collections

Chikuyōsai Tomochika
Ghost Caring for Her Childmid-19th century

Not on view
Small ivory or bone netsuke of a robed figure with long carved hair bending forward, holding a round object, lower body dissolving into openwork flame shapes

Chikuyōsai Tomochika, Ghost Caring for Her Child, mid-19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Chikuyōsai Tomochika
Title
Ghost Caring for Her Child
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi
Dimensions
2 3/8 x 1 x 13/16 in. (6.0 x 2.6 x 2.0 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.124
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Scultpure in Minature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part II. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985.
  • 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.
  • Atchley, Virginia G. "Raymond Bushell Netsuke at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 5, no.3 (1985): 12-15.