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Netsuke Masks (Hardcover)

by Raymond Bushell (Author)
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Product Description
Netsuke are small toggles or buckles carved from wood or ivory. The Japanese in the seventeenth century used them to fasten pouches to their kimono belt, since kimonos had no pockets. This lavishly illustrated book takes the reader on an exciting tour of one type of netsuke—those carved to look like the masks used by stage actors.

About the Author
Raymond Bushell, attorney, collector, and netsuke authority, is known to netsuke collectors for his adaptation into English of The Netsuke Handbook of Ueda Reikichi, an important work on the subject. He is the author of The Wonderful World of Netsuke, An Introduction to Netsuke, Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar, The Inro Handbook, The Art of Netsuke Carving, and Collectors' Netsuke. He is also a frequent contributor of articles to Arts of Asia, The Journal of International Netsuke Collectors, and The Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal. He arrived in Japan with the American occupation forces in 1945 and lived there until 1990 practicing law, collecting, and studying netsuke, inro, and sword furnishings.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Weatherhill; Rpt/Bxd edition (August 1, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0834803410
  • ISBN-13: 978-0834803411
  • Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.2 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.9 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,496,453 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Discussions of trick Netsuke, Netsuka characters, and more assure collectors thoroughly understand mask origins and culture, October 12, 2005
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
Masks are the oldest models for Netsuke art, designated as national treasures, yet remaining a relatively untapped collector's source. Perhaps that's because few in-depth coverages of Netsuke masks are available: an absence rectified by Netsuke Masks, packed with black and white and color plates and historical background on all kinds of Netsuke masks. Discussions of trick Netsuke, Netsuka characters, and more assure collectors thoroughly understand mask origins and culture.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Discussions of trick Netsuke, Netsuka characters, and more assure collectors thoroughly understand mask origins and culture, October 12, 2005
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
Masks are the oldest models for Netsuke art, designated as national treasures, yet remaining a relatively untapped collector's source. Perhaps that's because few in-depth coverages of Netsuke masks are available: an absence rectified by Netsuke Masks, packed with black and white and color plates and historical background on all kinds of Netsuke masks. Discussions of trick Netsuke, Netsuka characters, and more assure collectors thoroughly understand mask origins and culture.
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