Shōko
Monster Beating Gongmid-20th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Shōko
Title: Monster Beating Gong
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: mid-20th century
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: 1 11/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/8 in. (4.3 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.229
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
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.