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Naitō Toyomasa
Mask Groupfirst half of 19th century

Not on view
Small carved wood sculpture, chestnut-brown with dark recesses, showing a grinning bearded face holding two demon masks, resting on a third open-mouthed mask at the base

Naitō Toyomasa, Mask Group, first half of 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Naitō Toyomasa
Title
Mask Group
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
first half of 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
2 1/16 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (5.24 × 3.81 × 3.18 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.322
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.