Euronetsuke #65 Pipecase produced by Maeyama Koshin and others by Robert Willford ; The art of the lacquered Japanese pipecase (kiseruzutsu) reached its zenith during the latter part of the 19th century. My own interest lies with those works decorated in...
Euronetsuke #65 Simian Simulacra by Rosemary Bandini ; A look at netsuke representing monkey rôles in popular Edo culture. The image of a sarumawashi and his monkey is a familiar one to both netsuke collectors and visitors to present day Japan, where they can...
Euronetsuke #65 Back to Boston by Adrian Heindrichs ; A look back into the future Books allow us to look back and to experience time in many ways. Some collectors can link a particular publication to a precise year or event from the spine alone. Joe...
Euronetsuke #65 Plastic Fantastic by Rosemary Bandini ; As the biennial netsuke convention returns to Boston for the first time since 2001, my thoughts turned to a souvenir that several delegates acquired on our trip to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem...
