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Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Carp and YoungMay 1963

Not on view
Small carved wood sculpture of two fish, one large and one small, nestled together with finely incised overlapping scales and curling fins, in warm honey-brown tones

Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada), Carp and Young, May 1963, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Title
Carp and Young
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
May 1963
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Boxwood with inlays
Dimensions
2 9/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/8 in. (6.6 x 3.2 x 2.9 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.93
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. The Wonderful World of Netsuke. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc., 1964.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond Bushell, Part I. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
  • Masatoshi and Raymond Bushell. The Art of Netsuke Carving. San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 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.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Masatoshi: Present Day Master Netsuke Carver in the Tokugawa Tradition. Tokyo: Mikimoto Pearl Co., 1982.
  • 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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