Tametaka
Foreign Guardianmid- to late 18th century

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Tametaka
Title: Foreign Guardian
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: mid- to late 18th century
Period: Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium: Wood with sumi
Dimensions: 3 1/8 x 1 1/16 x 7/8 in. (7.9 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.273
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: 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 and Frances Bushell, Part IV. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.
Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.