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Sōko (Morita Kisaburō)
Mountain Priest1929 May

Not on view
Small carved wood or ivory netsuke of a stooped male figure gripping a tall staff, wearing patterned robes and carrying a large pack on his back

Sōko (Morita Kisaburō), Mountain Priest, 1929 May, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Sōko (Morita Kisaburō)
Title
Mountain Priest
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1929 May
Period
Showa period (1926 - 1989)
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
2 3/16 x 1 3/16 x 1 1/8 in. (5.5 x 3.0 x 2.9 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.318
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • Bushell, Raymond. "The So School." Journal of the International Netsuke Collectors Society 1, no.1 (1973): 14-18.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond Bushell, Part I. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
  • 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.