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Collections

Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Weird FrogJanuary 1976

Not on view
Small ivory or bone netsuke of a standing humanoid creature with a fish-like head, inlaid eye, open mouth with coiled form, and splayed clawed toes
Artist or Maker
Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Title
Weird Frog
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
January 1976
Medium
Ivory with light staining, sumi, black coral inlays
Dimensions
2 1/4 x 1 5/16 x 15/16 in. (5.8 x 3.4 x 2.4 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.90
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. 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.
  • Masatoshi and Raymond Bushell. The Art of Netsuke Carving. San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1981.