Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Blade of GrassAugust 1975

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Artist or Maker: Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Title: Blade of Grass
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: August 1975
Period: Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium: Ivory; sashi type
Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 13/16 x 7/16 in. (11.4 x 2.0 x 1.1 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.96
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. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
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.
Atchely, Virginia. "Raymond Bushell Netsuke at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 5, no.1 (1985): 11-18.
Copyright: © artist or artist's estate

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada)
Title: Blade of Grass
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: August 1975
Period: Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium: Ivory; sashi type
Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 13/16 x 7/16 in. (11.4 x 2.0 x 1.1 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.96
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. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
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.
Atchely, Virginia. "Raymond Bushell Netsuke at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal 5, no.1 (1985): 11-18.