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Sōko (Morita Kisaburō)
Wind-Blown Peony1933

Not on view
Bronze sculpture of a fully open peony blossom, viewed from slightly above, with dark chocolate-brown patina and ruffled, overlapping petals spiraling inward to a cluster of nub-like stamens

Sōko (Morita Kisaburō), Wind-Blown Peony, 1933, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Sōko (Morita Kisaburō)
Title
Wind-Blown Peony
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
1933
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
1 3/4 x 1 7/16 x 7/8 in. (4.5 x 3.7 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.78
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. "The So School." Journal of the International Netsuke Collectors Society 1, no.1 (1973): 14-18.
  • 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.
  • Takamado no Miya Hisako. Kogiroku. Heisei 24nendo. Kananmachi (Osakafu): Osaka geijutsu daigaku, 2013.
  • Atchley, Virginia G. "The Pavilion of Japanese Art in Los Angeles." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 8, no.4 (1988): 18-25.