Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
Gama, the Immortal with Toadmid- to late 19th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
Title: Gama, the Immortal with Toad
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: mid- to late 19th century
Medium: Ivory with sumi, inlays
Dimensions: 1 5/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 in. (3.3 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.222
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
Atchley, Virginia G. "Kaigyokusai: An Appreciation." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 12, no.4 (1992): 10-21.
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.
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.