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Isshū
Oguri Hangan: Legendary Horsemanearly 19th century

Not on view
Small ivory netsuke carving of a robed figure leaning over a crouching horse, with incised chestnut-brown detail work, on a rectangular base

Isshū, Oguri Hangan: Legendary Horseman, early 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Isshū
Title
Oguri Hangan: Legendary Horseman
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi, inlays
Dimensions
1 3/4 × 1 9/16 × 1 3/16 in. (4.45 × 3.97 × 3.02 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.191
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.
  • Joly, Henri L. Legend in Japanese Art. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1908.
  • 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.
  • Atchley, Virginia G. "Raymond Bushell Netsuke at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 5, no.3 (1985): 12-15.