Netsuke: Japanese Life and Legend in Miniature by Edwin C. Symmes Jr.
English | September 15th, 1995 | ISBN: 0804816166, 0804820260 | 204 pages | PDF | 24.05 MB
Netsuke are exquisite reminders of three centuries of Japanese life. In tiny sculptural masterworks, most under two inches high and originally destined to keep the cord attached to a gentleman's snuffbox from slipping through the belt of his kimono, the myths, legends, and cultural history of Japan is recorded.