Inro and netsuke are men's accessories which date from the Edo period of Japan (1603-1867). An inro was a portable case used to carry writing materials or traditional medicines such as ginseng and ...

(L) A demonstration of how netsuke, tiny carved pieces, were used in traditional dress. (R) Netsuke were worn as part of an ensemble that included inro, or containers, and ojime, or sliding beads ...

Q–Where could I sell or have a netsuke appraised? A–Write to Norman Sandfield, president, Chicago Netsuke Society, 3150 N. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, Ill. 60657, enclosing $15 for a year`s ...

"It's then processed and they paint it onto food dishes, wine holders, cups, bowls." He then described a particular netsuke: Battie went on to explain that this netsuke in particular was in the ...

An Antiques Roadshow guest's Japanese inro purchased for 50p at a charity shop was really worth at leaset £3,000. (Image: BBC) Battie remarked: "I think it is just the most magical object.

View Shibayama style inlaid inro medicine case in maki-e lacquer wEggplant shaped netsuke in maki-e lacquer by Shirai Kakosai on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Shirai Kakosai. Price ...

View RITSUO: A MASTERFUL AND RARE INLAID TWO-CASE INRO DEPICTING THE YOKAI BOX FROM THE SHITAKIRI SUZUME, WITH EN SUITE NETSUKE AND OJIME, THE NETSUKE BY OHARA MITSUHIRO (1743) Follower Haritsu Ogawa; ...

View A FINE MIXED-METAL-INLAID GOLD LACQUER FIVE-CASE INRO WITH A FINE INLAID AND LACQUERED STAG ANTLER MANJU NETSUKE BY JIYOSAI By Japanese School, 19th Century; gold and black; HEIGHT 9.8 cm ...

Netsuke in shape of a rat on New Year rice cakes (kagami mochi) 鏡餅に鼠根付 Signed Masakatsu 銘 正勝 1850–1870, Edo period (1615–1868) or Meiji era (1868–1912) ...