Seen here, a "frustrated rat catcher" netsuke from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Link. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
A netsuke is a "small, tough explosion of exactitude". From Wordnik.com. [The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal] Reference
The netsuke are the beginning and happy ending of the story. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Of course the netsuke are the hook on which the real story is told. From Wordnik.com. Reference
And later, when he inherited the 'netsuke', they unlocked a story far larger than he could have imagined. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Afterwards, they examined the netsuke, one by one. From Wordnik.com. [The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal] Reference
Charles bought the netsuke during the craze for Japonisme. From Wordnik.com. [The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal] Reference
At both houses, inro and netsuke will feature prominently. From Wordnik.com. [Asian Art Soars in London] Reference
When I look at the netsuke here, they make me think of the Baron. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of a Geisha]
The question is: do the netsuke enable him to resist such a tale?. From Wordnik.com. [The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal] Reference
And how, amid the horror, did 264 pieces of netsuke survive intact?. From Wordnik.com. [Jesse Kornbluth: The Hare With Amber Eyes Has History, Mystery, Society, Hitler And More: Something For Everyone] Reference
They looked at the netsuke together and his decision was made for him. From Wordnik.com. [The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal] Reference
Iggie owns a large vitrine, in which he displays his netsuke collection. From Wordnik.com. [Jesse Kornbluth: The Hare With Amber Eyes Has History, Mystery, Society, Hitler And More: Something For Everyone] Reference
It is on these netsuke that de Waal hangs his tale -- or, rather, searches for it. From Wordnik.com. [Jesse Kornbluth: The Hare With Amber Eyes Has History, Mystery, Society, Hitler And More: Something For Everyone] Reference
There's a lot of fraud these days in scrimshaw and netsuke and pre-Columbian figures. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Came To Breakfast]
Jim was a lively and engaging host, and showed us his collection of pipes and netsuke. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Jordan] Reference
Some things were stolen, others destroyed, but the netsuke remained mysteriously intact. From Wordnik.com. [The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal] Reference
At Bonhams, an 18th-century wooden netsuke of a dog is estimated at £ 20,000 - £ 25,000. From Wordnik.com. [Asian Art Soars in London] Reference
Edmund de Waal and his wife live with their three young children -- and the vitrine of netsuke. From Wordnik.com. [Jesse Kornbluth: The Hare With Amber Eyes Has History, Mystery, Society, Hitler And More: Something For Everyone] Reference
Ken Adlard Ivory rat netsuke from circa 1740-1760, for sale at Sydney L. Moss gallery for about £80,000. From Wordnik.com. [London Focuses on Ancient and Modern Asian Art] Reference
Not much was the answer, but a maid, Anna, saved the netsuke from the Nazis, hiding them in her mattress. From Wordnik.com. [The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal] Reference
At the next case — a display of tiny netsuke figures carved in ivory — I asked him if he liked antiques. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of a Geisha]
And 264 pieces of netsuke, the pocket-sized ivory-or-wood sculpture first made in Japan in the 17th century. From Wordnik.com. [Jesse Kornbluth: The Hare With Amber Eyes Has History, Mystery, Society, Hitler And More: Something For Everyone] Reference
But: I got exactly two words right during the finals last night: netsuke and juvia, and neither of them English. From Wordnik.com. [Cain't Spel] Reference
His interest: the collection of netsuke bought in 1870 in Paris by Charles Ephrussi, a cousin of his great-grandfather. From Wordnik.com. [Jesse Kornbluth: The Hare With Amber Eyes Has History, Mystery, Society, Hitler And More: Something For Everyone] Reference
The netsuke were bought from a dealer there in the 1870s by Charles Ephrussi, a relative of his great grandfather, Viktor. From Wordnik.com. [The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal] Reference
So he reached out and, taking her hand, deposited the netsuke into her small fist, curling up the fingers around its cool girth. From Wordnik.com. [The Miko]
From the first moment of being aware of the loss of his netsuke, he had felt on his indrawn breath an urgent desire for a Chocorange. From Wordnik.com. [Portobello] Reference
"... the exquisite miniature carvings known as netsuke were the essence of understated chic during the Edo period (1615-1868) in Japan. From Wordnik.com. [PORT] Reference
Small wonders ... three of Edmund de Waal's netsuke. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
The only omission is pictures of the netsuke themselves. From Wordnik.com. Reference
To be fair, for inanimate objects, these netsuke have enjoyed quite a life. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
As if the Parisian adventures of the netsuke were not picturesque enough - such was. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Anna, who returned all 264 netsuke in an attaché case, and dematerialised from the story. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Ignace has a wonderful collection of netsuke which has been in the family since the late 19th century. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Peach resembles a gigantic netsuke (Japanese carved toggle) of porcelain, hair and stainless steel, all presented on a velvet stand. From Wordnik.com. [The Clog] Reference
"...as full of beauty and whimsy as a netsuke from the hands of a master carver"-- The Economist. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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