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Tenjiku Tokubei: Master of Frog Magicearly 19th century

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Small netsuke carved from ivory or antler, depicting a squatting toad with a humanoid face, honey-amber and cream tones, with incised scale texture

Unknown, Tenjiku Tokubei: Master of Frog Magic, early 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Tenjiku Tokubei: Master of Frog Magic
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi
Dimensions
1 1/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 1/2 in. (2.86 × 3.65 × 3.81 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.21
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.
  • Catalog of an Exhibition of Netsuke from the Collection of Raymond Bushell. London: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 1984.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
  • Davey, Neil K. Netsuke: A Comprehensive Study Based on the M.T. Hindson Collection. Revised edition. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 1982
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • Phillips, Phoebe, ed. The Collectors' Encyclopedia of Antiques. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1973.