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Kokeisai Sanshō
Comic Mask of Horned Demonlate 19th-early 20th century

Not on view
Carved wood demon mask with honey-amber surface, bulging drilled eye sockets, flared nostrils, open mouth with pointed teeth, and dark barnacle-like growths at the temples
Artist or Maker
Kokeisai Sanshō
Title
Comic Mask of Horned Demon
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 19th-early 20th century
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
2 3/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 1/4 in. (5.56 × 4.13 × 3.18 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.342
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Masks. San Francisco: Kodansha International, Ltd., 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.
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.