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The Hare with Amber Eyes netsuke, by Masatoshi, Osaka, c. 1880, signed. Ivory, amber buffalo horn. 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. [1]
This is a list of Japanese artists.This list is intended to encompass Japanese who are primarily fine artists. For information on those who work primarily in film, television, advertising, manga, anime, video games, or performance arts, please see the relevant respective articles.
Nick Lamb (born 1948 in Cambridge, England) is a sculptor specialising in the Japanese art form of netsuke. [1] [2] One of a handful of non-Japanese carvers of netsuke, Lamb has built a reputation since the 1980s as one of the best living practitioners of this art.
Thrift Store Shopping and Sustainability. For Gen Z, thrifting is life. The last time shopping for used, vintage clothes and items was this hot was in the 1990’s. And think back to the 80s, when ...
An outstandingly fine netsuke dating from well back in the 18th century, showing all the character, power and free treatment of the period. A somewhat comparable figure of a bitch and pup signed Garaku is in the V. and A. Museum and it maybe that there is significance in the fact that the first character Ge lacks a stroke, can be read as ge or ga
A Japanese 19th-century mixed metal ojime bead Inro, ojime and netsuke. Lacquer inro, stained ivory ojime and wooden netsuke; inro features a reclining figure in a boat; netsuke is in the form of a mask, by Ikkan (ca. 1750-1850) An ojime (緒締め, lit. "cord fastener") is a bead used in Japanese inrō (carrying cases). It is typically under ...
Inro and netsuke. Edo period, 18th century. Men's obi are not generally worn with accessories, being for the most part too thin to accommodate any of the accessories worn with women's obi. However, in the Edo period, practical box-shaped accessories called inro , which hung from kaku obi with a fastener called netsuke, became popular.
Young adults are taking the supercommute into work, a trend that will only likely continue as return-to-office mandates from Amazon, JP Morgan, and others continue.. Molly Hopkins, age 30, has ...