21 Apr, 2024
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...
21 Apr, 2024
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...
21 Apr, 2024
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...
18 Apr, 2024
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...
