Masatsugu
Pumpkin Stem and Flymid-19th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Masatsugu
Title: Pumpkin Stem and Fly
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: mid-19th century
Medium: Boxwood
Dimensions: 1 5/8 x 1 7/16 x 1 1/4 in. (4.1 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.221
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Atchley, Virginia G. "Kaigyokusai: An Appreciation." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 12, no.4 (1992): 10-21.
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.
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. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.