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Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Biron: Monster Made of JellyOctober 1978

Not on view
Small ivory or bone sculpture of a caricatured standing figure with an enormous bald head, exaggerated facial features, and a tiny body, smooth cream-colored surface
Ivory netsuke carved as a grotesque standing figure with an oversized bald head, exaggerated facial features, and small grasping hands, smooth creamy surface with fine detail work.
Ivory netsuke of a standing nude figure with an elongated bald head, hands raised to pull at the cheeks and mouth, finely carved with smooth surface and inlaid eyes.

Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada), Biron: Monster Made of Jelly, October 1978, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Title
Biron: Monster Made of Jelly
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
October 1978
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Ivory with light staining, black coral inlays
Dimensions
3 3/16 x 1 1/16 x 7/8 in. (8.2 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
M.91.250.91
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Masatoshi and Raymond Bushell. The Art of Netsuke Carving. San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1981.
  • 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.
  • Komada, Makiko. Netsuke. Tokyo: Kadokawa, 2015.
Copyright
© artist or artist's estate