“TITLE Pigeon-Shaped Box” Clothing ornament?
A netsuke is a small container that’s fastened onto the clothes for ornamental purposes.
Isn’t the netsuke the toggle that keeps it from slipping through the obi?
Clothing ornament?
Yes, you said that in your posting, but the link you put in the comments has no mention of netsuke. It just says “Pigeon Shaped Box”. I wasn’t trying to say you’re wrong, or wondering what netsuke is/was, I just asking where that description came from.
As the source notes in the bibliography:
Bushell, Raymond. The Inr¯o Handbook: Studies of Netsuke, Inr¯o and Lacquer. New York: John Weatherhill, Inc., 1979.
Goodall, Hollis, Virginia G. Atchley, Neil K. Davey, Christine Drosse, Sebastian Izzard, Odile Madden, and Robert T. Singer. The Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection of Netsuke: A Legacy at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Chicago: Art Media Resources, Inc.; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2003.
Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part III. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986.
Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.
Holy hell I’m blind! Thanks. 👍
