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Suganoya Shōko
Blind Man with Stone in Clogmid-19th century

Not on view
Small carved netsuke of a hunched, bald figure in a long robe, honey-brown with high polish, deeply incised fabric folds and exaggerated facial features

Suganoya Shōko, Blind Man with Stone in Clog, mid-19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Suganoya Shōko
Title
Blind Man with Stone in Clog
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
2 3/16 x 15/16 x 1 3/16 in. (5.5 x 2.4 x 3.0 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.160
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.
  • 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.
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.

  • Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: B." International Netsuke Society Journal 27, no.4 (2007): 62-66.