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Unknown
Otafuku Mask18th century

Not on view
Small carved wooden netsuke of a round human head with polished honey-brown surface, lacquered black cap, and full, heavily fleshed facial features

Unknown, Otafuku Mask, 18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Otafuku Mask
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
18th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
2 1/8 × 1 13/16 × 11/16 in. (5.4 × 4.6 × 1.75 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.216
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Masks. San Francisco: Kodansha International, Ltd., 1985.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • 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.