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Kimura Ryūmin
Ō-Beshimimid- to late 19th century

Not on view
Small carved wood vessel in the form of an exaggerated human face with furrowed brows, bulbous nose, mustache, and beard, highly polished chestnut-brown surface

Kimura Ryūmin, Ō-Beshimi, mid- to late 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Kimura Ryūmin
Title
Ō-Beshimi
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid- to late 19th century
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
1 13/16 × 1 7/16 × 1 in. (4.6 × 3.65 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.360
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Masks. San Francisco: Kodansha International, Ltd., 1985.
  • 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.