KAKUDO, YOSHIKO - Netsuke Myth and Nature in Miniature-the Avery Brundage Collection, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1981. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. This is an oblong paperback book /exhibition catalogue. The catalogue is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the catalogue covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. "Traditionally, Japanese clothing – first the kosode and its later evolution, the kimono – did not have pockets. Though the sleeves of the kimono could be used to store small items, the men who wore kimono needed a larger and stronger container in which to store personal belongings, such as pipes, tobacco, money and seals, resulting in the development of containers known as sagemono, which were hung by cords from the robes' sashes (obi). These containers may have been pouches or small woven baskets, but the most popular were crafted boxes (inro) held shut by ojime, sliding beads on cords. Whatever the form of the container, the fastener which secured the cord at the top of the sash was a carved, button-like toggle called a netsuke. Netsuke, like inro and ojime, evolved over time from being strictly utilitarian into objects of great artistic merit and an expression of extraordinary craftsmanship. Netsuke production was most popular during the Edo period (1603–1867) " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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