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Naitō Toyomasa
Kappa, the Water Imp, Astride Turtlefirst half of 19th century

Not on view
Small carved ivory netsuke of a shishi lion-dog crouching atop a tortoise, stained amber and dark brown with deeply incised surface detail

Naitō Toyomasa, Kappa, the Water Imp, Astride Turtle, 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
Kappa, the Water Imp, Astride Turtle
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
first half of 19th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
1 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 1 1/2 in. (4.7 x 3.6 x 3.8 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.60
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Catalog of an Exhibition of Netsuke from the Collection of Raymond Bushell. London: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd., 1984.
  • 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.
  • Atchley, Virginia G. "The Pavilion of Japanese Art in Los Angeles." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 8, no.4 (1988): 18-25.