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With dozens of photos and illustrations; A Introduction to Netsuke is a readable and thorough guide to Japanese miniature art.Among the many Japanese fine arts; few have aroused greater admiration than the netsuke. This miniature piece of Japanese sculpture; approximately 1 1/2 inches in size; was designed (in the absence of pockets on kimonos) as an aid in suspending articles such as tobacco pouches from the sash of a kimono. It developed in ancient times as a utilitarian object; but became in the 16th century an artistic one as well; and flourished as such until 1926. No longer commonly worn; the netsuke is now a collectors item; avidly sought throughout the world by those sensitive to its fine qualities.This book opens the miniature world of netsuke to those who have hitherto been unaware of its existence. In a delightfully lucid manner; the basics of the netsuke are presented-definition; origin; development; materials; statistics; and photographs. This book admirably fulfills its task of introducing the netsuke to the layman; irresistibly drawing him to new pleasures in aestheticism and culture.