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Netsuke

A netsuke (根付; ) is a miniature sculpture, originating in 17th century Japan. Initially a simply-carved button fastener on the cords of an inrō box, netsuke later developed into ornately sculpted objects of craftsmanship.

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related to Unusual materials · 41
Netsuke → According, Agate, Aobayama, Baleen, Bamboo, Bernard Rosett, Bushell, Cuts, Following, Hornbill, It, Ivorine, Iyo, Japan, Lengthwise, Manjū, Michael Birch, Occasionally, Often, Once
related to In popular culture · 39
Netsuke → Amber Eyes, Belcher, Bob's Burgers, British, Dowager Countess, Downton Abbey, Edmund, Episode, Feudal Japan, France, Frasier, Helen, Holocaust, In, Isobel, Japan, Jewish Ephrussi, John Pegg, Kate, Lord Grantham
related to External links · 20
Netsuke → Art, Bolton Museum, From, International Netsuke Society This, Internet, Isaac Kaplan Netsuke Collection, Japanese Netsuke History, Karl-Ludwig Kley, Metropolitan Museum, Museum's, Okimono, Others, PDF, SEISHU NETSUKE ART MUSEUM, Sumo, The, The Metropolitan Museum, The Society's, The South African Jewish, There
related to Museum collections · 18
Netsuke → Albert Museum, Art, Asian Art Museum, British Museum, Edo, In Kyoto, It, Japan, Japanese, Kyoto Seishu Netsuke Art, Los Angeles County Museum, Museum, San Francisco, The, The Metropolitan Museum, This, Toledo Museum, Victoria
related to Subjects · 18
Netsuke → Abstract, Animals, As, Chinese, Common, Craft, Deities, If, It, Japanese, Like, Non-living, People, Plants, Seven Lucky Gods, Sexual, These, This
related to Artists · 13
Netsuke → Carvers, Edo, He, His, Ikkan, Inaba Tsūryū, It, Nagoya, One, Osaka, Some, Sōken Kishō, Tametaka
related to history · 6
Netsuke → Edo, Japanese, These, Though, Traditionally, Whatever
related to Materials · 6
Netsuke → Boxwood, Edo Japan, Ivory, Iwami, Near East, Siberia
related to Etymology · 3
Netsuke → British English, In American English, The
see also · 3
Netsuke → Daruma, Japanese, Yatate

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Netsukeis a2002-2003 Marvel Comics limited series following Wolverine being transported back to Feudal Japan after touching Mariko Yashida's netsuke0.90text
Netsukerelated to ArtistsCarvers0.60section
Netsukerelated to ArtistsSōken Kishō0.60section
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Netsukerelated to ArtistsOsaka0.60section
Netsukerelated to ArtistsInaba Tsūryū0.60section
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Netsukerelated to ArtistsEdo0.60section
Netsukerelated to ArtistsNagoya0.60section
Netsukerelated to ArtistsTametaka0.60section
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