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Collections

Shūōsai Hidemasa II
Painted Scroll Coming to Life: Shōki Attacking Demonmid-19th century

Not on view
Small carved ivory netsuke in the form of an unfurled scroll, with a high-relief warrior figure raising a weapon, accented in parchment brown, with a cylindrical roller base and dark finial knobs
Artist or Maker
Shūōsai Hidemasa II
Title
Painted Scroll Coming to Life: Shōki Attacking Demon
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-19th century
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi, wood inlays
Dimensions
1 7/8 x 1 7/8 x 3/4 in. (4.7 x 4.7 x 1.9 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.186
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • 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.