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

Not on view

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
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.