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| Manju Netsuke at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
Netsuke are little Japanese toggles that hang from a cord on a kimono, and attached personal items such as purses and tobacco products. But unlike toggles netsuke are incredibly beautiful pieces of miniature art. The book ‘The Hare with the Amber Eyes’ is about the story of a collection of netsuke being passed down through a family, and is really worth reading. The exhibition at the Ashmolean focused on Manjū netsuke, which are round, named after a sweet bean filled bun. The Manjū are mostly made of ivory, and depict folk tales. Wood block prints were also displayed next to the Manjū showing the folk tales.
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| One of the Manju Netsukes |
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Wood block print of The Golden- haired nine-tailed fox
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Another type of Netsuke is the Katabori netsuke. this is a sculpture, and is usually a 3d figure. Some examples are shown below:
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