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Collections

Ōuchi Gyokusō
Tanuki Carrying a Priest's Fly Whiskfirst half of 20th century

Not on view
Small ivory or bone netsuke of a bear-like animal standing upright, with a coral-red silk cord around its neck and a carved ball at its feet

Ōuchi Gyokusō, Tanuki Carrying a Priest's Fly Whisk, first half of 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ōuchi Gyokusō
Title
Tanuki Carrying a Priest's Fly Whisk
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
first half of 20th century
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi, red pigment, inlays
Dimensions
2 3/16 × 13/16 × 1 1/4 in. (5.56 × 2.06 × 3.18 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.122
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.
  • Bushell, Raymond. "The So School." Journal of the International Netsuke Collectors Society 1, no.1 (1973): 14-18.