Inro and netsuke are men's accessories which date from the Edo period of Japan (1603-1867). An inro was a portable case used to carry writing materials or traditional medicines such as ginseng and ...

In the hands of Japanese netsuke carvers like Ryushi Komada, something quite mundane becomes sublime. From a simple block of wood emerges a delicate and expressive face, the sense of movement in the ...

The inrō handbook : studies of netsuke, inrō, and lacquer / by Raymond Bushell Smithsonian Libraries and Archives ...

Inada Ichiro (Japanese, 1891-1979) was an important 20th century netsuke artist. For centuries, the Japanese have used miniature sculptures hung by cords from the sash of their traditional garments ...

In the 19th Century, Japanese people used to carry small objects, such as seals and medicines, in a small lacquered box known as an inro. The inro was attached to the waist via a cord. On this cord ...

Netsuke are those darling carved toggles that appear to hang as decorations from obi but actually have a very practical role in the traditional dress ensemble. Since traditional Japanese garments have ...

A gold-lacquer three-case inro and matching manju netsuke ,late 20th/early 21st century, circa 1790-1791, circa 1793 Decorated in gold and polychrome togidashi maki-e ...

Miami ophthalmologist Joseph Kurstin may have taken collecting to its greatest extreme. A passionate collector of miniature Japanese sculpture called "netsuke" for more than 40 years, Kurstin has ...

In the hands of Japanese netsuke carvers like Ryushi Komada, something quite mundane becomes sublime. From a simple block of wood emerges a delicate and expressive face, the sense of movement in the ...

View A Gold-Lacquer Three-Case Inro with Matching Netsuke by Uemura Enshu on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Uemura Enshu.