Euronetsuke #66 Misemono by Rosemary Bandini ; The subject of misemono is endlessy fascinating and helps to cast light on netsuke subject matter. The links below provide some suggestions for further reading. As an example, Yu Kazuwoe’s blog “An Insight into...
Euronetsuke #66 What Floated in the Floating World? by Rosemary Bandini ; At the beginning of the 17th century Japan welcomed the end of relentless inter-clan warfare with the Tokugawa family establishing their shogunate. They decided to develop the delapidated...
Euronetsuke #66 The Midas of Edo – Kinokuniya Bunzaemon by Rosemary Bandini ; Kinokuniya Bunzaemon was one of Edo’s most prominent merchants. Originally from the Kii peninsular (current day Wakayama). He took advantage of a bumper crop of tangerines to sell 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 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...
