Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
Earthquake Fishmid- to late 19th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
Title: Earthquake Fish
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: mid- to late 19th century
Medium: Ebony with inlays; sashi type
Dimensions: 4 13/16 x 1 1/4 x 5/8 in. (12.3 x 3.1 x 1.6 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.219
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
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. Netsuke: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part IV. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
Atchley, Virginia G. "Kaigyokusai: An Appreciation." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 12, no.4 (1992): 10-21.