Netsuke are those darling carved toggles that appear to hang as decorations from obi but actually have a very practical role in the traditional dress ensemble. Since traditional Japanese garments have ...

History: It’s not everyday that you long to hold a pouch of baby rats. But when they are Japanese netsuke, the urge to wrap your fingers around these ivory carvings may be irresistible. Netsuke ...

Joseph Kurstin’s first netsuke was inexpensive and unattractive. But after five decades, the piece is still part of his collection, which now numbers some 800 examples of the Japanese art form. The ...

Miami ophthalmologist Joseph Kurstin may have taken collecting to its greatest extreme. A passionate collector of miniature Japanese sculpture called "netsuke" for more than 40 years, Kurstin has ...

The SAGEMONOYA Gallery will commemorate its 20th anniversary Oct 13-16 with a special exhibition sale focused on the centuries-old but little-known Japanese art form of netsuke. The exhibit’s opening ...

WITH everything from Cork silver spoons to netsuke to bog oak sculpture, the Cork National Antiques Art and Vintage Fair at the Clayton Silver Springs Hotel over two days next weekend, promises to be ...