#netsukes

[jostoys]

Jess and Ivy are celebrating their Asian heritage. Jess is wearing a beautiful kimono, obi, and komageta from Etsy shop VeryFashionableDolls. Ivy looks amazing in American Girl’s Butterfly Brocade outfit. They are posing with my mother’s collection of netsukes, a cloisonné ginger jar, a small brass tiger, and a tiny tree made with white stones.

[snailspng]

Toad/frog netsuke PNGs.

(1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.)

[nojillnolife]

[coltonwbrown]

Hen and Chicks by Yamaguchi Okatomo, mid- to late 18th century

Masterpieces of Japan on Twitter: Source

[artschoolglasses]

Netsuke Raven Perched on a Skull, Asahi Gyokuzan, Mid 19th Century

[emmaklee]

meditating skeleton netsuke

Meiji-period Japan

[heaveninawildflower]

Pigeon-Shaped Flute (Japan, mid-19th century) by Ōhara Mitsuhiro (Japan, 1810-1875).

Ivory with staining.

Image and text information courtesy LACMA.

[jstor]

Netsuke are miniature sculptures originating in 17th-century Japan. These are just four quirky examples that caught our eye, but you can find nearly 4,000 open images on JSTOR of these beautiful objects.

PS The second image is of Tanuki, a mischievous raccoon dog in Japanese mythology commonly associated with excessive drinking and gluttony. This ivory netsuke depicts Tanuki carrying, um, his grossly enlarged scrotum.

The three images with black backgrounds come from the Wellcome Collection and the white one is from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, two open access collections on JSTOR.

[mice-rats-daily]

Today's mice are the mice on this netsuke!

[arthistoryanimalia]

Japanese #Netsuke for #WorldRatDay:

1. Cluster of Rats, late 19th-20th c.

Ivory w/ inlays, D 1 1/2 in. (4.0 cm)

LACMA https://collections.lacma.org/node/189655

2. Group of Rats Nestled in an Abalone Shell, late 19th c.

Ivory, horn, H 7/8 in (2.2 cm) x W 1 5/8 in (4.1 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/59658

[nobrashfestivity]

Kaigyokusai Masatsugu (1813–1892) "No Evil" Monkey Wine-colored amber Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection (AC1998.249.87)

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[tanuki-kimono]

Fantastic metalwork netsuke by Wanausagi, representing a miniature picnic box complete with juubako (multi-tiered bento box) and bottles!

[snailspng]

Puppy netsuke PNGs.

(1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.)

[fromthedust]

netsukes

Kaigyokusai Masatsugu (Japanese, 1813-1892) - Sleeping Cat - ivory with sumi, red pigment - latter half of 19th century

Naitō Toyomasa - Wasp on Hive - wood - Japan - Edo period, 1800-1850

Sleeping Man with Monkey Steals Contents of Basket - ivory - Japan - 19th century

Rat atop a Bale of Rice - Japan - mid-19th century

Yamaguchi Okatomo - Hen and Chicks - ivory - Japan - mid- to late 18th century

Puppies at Play - ivory - Japan - Meiji period - late 19th century

Asahi Gyokuzan - Raven Perched on a Skull - wood, ivory - Japan - mid-19th century

Daruma - wood - Japan - 19th century

Roaring Shishi - ivory - Kyoto school - Japan - early 19th century

Snarling Tiger - ivory, inlaid eyes in horn - Japan - early 19th century

[acrosscenturiesandgenerations]

▪︎ Netsuke: Rat on a Fish.

Artists: Ohara Mitsuhiro (Onomichi, Japan; 1810-1875)

Date: ca. 1850

Medium: Ivory, Ebony

[the-puffinry]

Netsuke of Bird Cage, Edo or Meiji period, Japan.