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Collections

Shōko
Inkada Sonja: Disciple of the Buddha with Long Eyebrows1955

Not on view
Small honey-brown wood sculpture of a seated bald elder with deeply carved grimacing face, gripping a staff and grasping a flowing form, atop a carved wave-and-dragon base

Shōko, Inkada Sonja: Disciple of the Buddha with Long Eyebrows, 1955, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Shōko
Title
Inkada Sonja: Disciple of the Buddha with Long Eyebrows
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1955
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
1 7/8 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (4.76 × 3.81 × 2.86 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.231
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • 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.
  • 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.