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Collections

Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Monster in the Guise of Kannon, Bodhisattva of MercyJuly 1976

Not on view
Small ivory netsuke sculpture of a grotesque creature wrapped in a flowing cream-colored robe, with a dark-toned grinning face and clawed feet emerging from the folds

Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada), Monster in the Guise of Kannon, Bodhisattva of Mercy, July 1976, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Japan, Tokyo, 1915-2001
Title
Monster in the Guise of Kannon, Bodhisattva of Mercy
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
July 1976
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi
Dimensions
2 5/16 x 1 1/8 x l5/16 in. (5.9 x 2.9 x 2.4 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.95
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Masatoshi and Raymond Bushell. The Art of Netsuke Carving. San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1981.
  • Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond Bushell, Part I. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 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. Masatoshi: Present Day Master Netsuke Carver in the Tokugawa Tradition. Tokyo: Mikimoto Pearl Co., 1982.
  • Bushell, Raymond. "To Donate or Not to Donate." Impressions: the Journal of the Japanese Art Society of America 42, pt.2 (2021): 100-121.