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The Immortal Basu: Ascetic who traveled to save souls19th century

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Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: The Immortal Basu: Ascetic who traveled to save souls
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: 19th century
Medium: Wood with green and brown lacquer
Dimensions: 3 1/16 × 15/16 × 7/8 in. (7.78 × 2.38 × 2.22 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.172
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: 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 Scultpure in Minature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part II. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985.
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.