Sōko (Morita Kisaburō)
Plum Branch and Blossomsfirst half of 20th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Sōko (Morita Kisaburō)
Title: Plum Branch and Blossoms
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: first half of 20th century
Medium: Ivory with staining, lacquer inlay; sashi type
Dimensions: 5 5/8 x 7/8 x 7/16 in. (14.3 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.79
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
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. Netsuke: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond Bushell, Part I. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.