Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
Floating Cranemid- to late 19th century

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Artist or Maker: Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
Title: Floating Crane
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: mid- to late 19th century
Period: Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium: Ivory with staining, sumi, inlays
Dimensions: 1 13/16 x 15/16 x 7/8 in. (4.6 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.339
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Atchley, Virginia G. "Kaigyokusai: An Appreciation." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 12, no.4 (1992): 10-21.
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.
Hurtig, Bernard. Masterpieces of Netsuke Art: One Thousand Favorites of Leading Collectors. New York: Weatherhill, 1973.
Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
Madden, Odile. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 2." International Nestuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 24-35.
Bushell, Raymond. "To Donate or Not to Donate." Impressions: the Journal of the Japanese Art Society of America 42, pt.2 (2021): 100-121.

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
Title: Floating Crane
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: mid- to late 19th century
Period: Edo period (1603-1868) or Meiji period (1868-1912)
Medium: Ivory with staining, sumi, inlays
Dimensions: 1 13/16 x 15/16 x 7/8 in. (4.6 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.339
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Atchley, Virginia G. "Kaigyokusai: An Appreciation." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 12, no.4 (1992): 10-21.
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.
Hurtig, Bernard. Masterpieces of Netsuke Art: One Thousand Favorites of Leading Collectors. New York: Weatherhill, 1973.
Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
Madden, Odile. "Beyond Ivory: the Colorful World of Netsuke, Part 2." International Nestuke Society Journal 24, no.4 (2004): 24-35.
Bushell, Raymond. "To Donate or Not to Donate." Impressions: the Journal of the Japanese Art Society of America 42, pt.2 (2021): 100-121.