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Collections

Ōuchi Sōsui
Soga no Gorōmid-20th century

Not on view
Small ivory-toned netsuke carving of a muscular crouching male figure with swept-back dark hair and large wing-like forms, pressing down on a dragon or lion-dog creature

Ōuchi Sōsui, Soga no Gorō, mid-20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ōuchi Sōsui
Title
Soga no Gorō
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-20th century
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi
Dimensions
1 11/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 5/16 in. (4.29 × 3.97 × 3.33 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.211
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • 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.
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.