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Collections

Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
Itsukushima Shrine Inside an Oyster Shellmid- to late 19th century

Not on view
Small carved ivory-white sculpture in the form of a layered clam shell with low-relief shell and bead motifs on the upper surface

Kaigyokusai Masatsugu, Itsukushima Shrine Inside an Oyster Shell, mid- to late 19th century (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
Japan, 1813-1892
Title
Itsukushima Shrine Inside an Oyster Shell
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid- to late 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium
Ivory
Dimensions
1 3/4 x 1 3/16 x 1 1/16 in. (4.4 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.220a-c
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.
  • Meinertzhagen, Frederick. The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part A. George Lazarnick, ed. New York: Alan R. Liss, Inc., 1986.
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.