Kokeisai Sanshō
Inebriated Laborerlate 19th-early 20th century

Not on view

Small boxwood or ivory sculpture of a grinning standing male figure with a small animal on his head, one arm raised, holding a cord attached to a hanging pouch at his waist

Artist or Maker: Kokeisai Sanshō
Title: Inebriated Laborer
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: late 19th-early 20th century
Medium: Wood with traces of sumi, red and white pigment
Dimensions: 3 7/8 x 1 1/2 x 1 3/16 in. (9.9 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.68
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
Davey, Neil K. Netsuke: A Comprehensive Study Based on the M.T. Hindson Collection. Revised edition. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 1982
Meinertzhagen, Frederick. The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part B. George Lazarnick, ed. New York: Alan R. Liss, Inc., 1986.
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.
Joly, Henri L., ed. Catalogue of the H. Seymour Trower Collection of Japanese Art. Reprint. Hollywood, Florida: Kurstin-Schneider, 1975.
Atchley, Virginia G. "The Pavilion of Japanese Art in Los Angeles." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 8, no.4 (1988): 18-25.
Atchely, Virginia. "Raymond Bushell Netsuke at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 5, no.1 (1985): 11-18.

Kokeisai Sanshō
Inebriated Laborerlate 19th-early 20th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Kokeisai Sanshō
Title: Inebriated Laborer
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: late 19th-early 20th century
Medium: Wood with traces of sumi, red and white pigment
Dimensions: 3 7/8 x 1 1/2 x 1 3/16 in. (9.9 x 3.8 x 3.0 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.68
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
Davey, Neil K. Netsuke: A Comprehensive Study Based on the M.T. Hindson Collection. Revised edition. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 1982
Meinertzhagen, Frederick. The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part B. George Lazarnick, ed. New York: Alan R. Liss, Inc., 1986.
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.
Joly, Henri L., ed. Catalogue of the H. Seymour Trower Collection of Japanese Art. Reprint. Hollywood, Florida: Kurstin-Schneider, 1975.
Atchley, Virginia G. "The Pavilion of Japanese Art in Los Angeles." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 8, no.4 (1988): 18-25.
Atchely, Virginia. "Raymond Bushell Netsuke at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 5, no.1 (1985): 11-18.