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Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Demon MaskApril 1972

Not on view
Small polished netsuke carved as a stylized theatrical demon face, transitioning from ivory-white at the top to deep terracotta-red, with furrowed brows, bulbous nose, and dark-filled carved lines
Artist or Maker
Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Japan, Tokyo, 1915-2001
Title
Demon Mask
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
April 1972
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Hornbill
Dimensions
1 9/16 × 1 5/16 × 9/16 in. (3.97 × 3.33 × 1.43 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.3
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Masks. San Francisco: Kodansha International, Ltd., 1985.
  • 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. Masatoshi: Present Day Master Netsuke Carver in the Tokugawa Tradition. Tokyo: Mikimoto Pearl Co., 1982.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
  • Masatoshi and Raymond Bushell. The Art of Netsuke Carving. San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1981.
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
Copyright
© artist or artist's estate

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