Shōmosai Masamitsu
Foxearly 19th century

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Artist or Maker: Shōmosai Masamitsu
Title: Fox
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: early 19th century
Period: Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium: Wood with silver lacquer
Dimensions: 2 9/16 x 1 1/8 x 11/16 in. (6.6 x 2.9 x 1.8 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.39
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
Hurtig, Bernard. Masterpieces of Netsuke Art: One Thousand Favorites of Leading Collectors. New York: Weatherhill, 1973.
Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 2. Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981.
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.
Catalog of an Exhibition of Netsuke from the Collection of Raymond Bushell. London: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 1984.
Atchely, Virginia. "Raymond Bushell Netsuke at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 5, no.1 (1985): 11-18.

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