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Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Benten Kozō KikunosukeJuly 1957

Not on view
Small carved ivory netsuke of a seated cross-legged figure with black hair in an upswept bun, robes pulled open to reveal tattooed skin, inked floral surface details

Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada), Benten Kozō Kikunosuke, July 1957, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Title
Benten Kozō Kikunosuke
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
July 1957
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Ivory with staining, sumi, red and gold pigments
Dimensions
1 9/16 × 1 7/16 × 1 1/4 in. (3.97 × 3.65 × 3.18 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.98
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
  • 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.
  • Masatoshi and Raymond Bushell. The Art of Netsuke Carving. San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1981.
  • Bushell, Raymond. Masatoshi: Present Day Master Netsuke Carver in the Tokugawa Tradition. Tokyo: Mikimoto Pearl Co., 1982.
  • Takamado no Miya Hisako. Kogiroku. Heisei 24nendo. Kananmachi (Osakafu): Osaka geijutsu daigaku, 2013.
Copyright
© artist or artist's estate