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Shōko
Badara Sonja: Disciple of the Buddha who Subdued Tigers1959

Not on view
Small wood sculpture of a human figure and two monkeys intertwined atop a carved wave-like base, rendered in smooth honey-brown wood with detailed facial expressions

Shōko, Badara Sonja: Disciple of the Buddha who Subdued Tigers, 1959, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Shōko
Title
Badara Sonja: Disciple of the Buddha who Subdued Tigers
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1959
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
2 1/16 × 1 3/4 × 1 7/16 in. (5.24 × 4.45 × 3.65 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.176
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • 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.