Since its first auction in New Bond Street in November 2007, Bonhams' Japanese department has grown and retained its position as European market leader. The high point of this market dominance remains ...

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In the hands of Japanese netsuke carvers like Ryushi Komada, something quite mundane becomes sublime. From a simple block of wood emerges a delicate and expressive face, the sense of movement in the ...

Lovers of Edmund de Waal’s book can get close to that netsuke in a compelling show of objects that endured across a century of violence, discrimination and dispossession. By Karen Rosenberg In his ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Netsuke (pronounced “netskeh”) were ...