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 ...

Check out Amanda Miller's appraisal of an Inro and Netsuke Group, in Vintage Phoenix.

Items that hung from a netsuke cord might include a medicine box or inro, a pipe case, tobacco pouch or seal case. A netsuke would be comparable to a toggle or watch fob.

The subjects depicted in netsuke (as well as inro and ojime) are endless and record every phase of Japanese life during the Tokugawa (Edo) Period. Love of nature, especially the lower forms, is ...

Objects and every piece of jewelry or clothing were valued much more in the past than they are today. People often tend to donate or even throw away many of these items, among which hidden treasures ...

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.

Carl Fabergé created carved animals inspired by netsuke — decorative toggles often carved from wood or ivory — which attached a lacquer inro (an ornamental container) to the obi (sash) of a ...

Battie then demonstrated how the netsuke and inro ensemble would be traditionally worn, hanging it from his belt for effect.

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 ...