#netsuke

[everydaylouie]

more pokemon netsuke

[jstor]

Happy International Dog Day!

Please enjoy this netsuke of a spotted dog guarding its catch, with an all-too-familiar glint of mischief in its eyes.

Image: Netsuke of a Dog and a Fish, late 19th–early 20th century. Ivory and horn, H 1.4 cm; W 4 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[soli-terri]

A netsuke showing three rats eating a fish head. Made in the 18th / 19th century during the Edo / Meiji period. Believed to be carved from a sperm whale tooth.

A netsuke is a Japanese miniature sculpture that originated in the 17th century.

[blondebrainpowered]

Netsuke of a rat grasping a soybean pod - Japan, early 19th century

[hobohobgoblim]

Netsuke of Mother Bat with Two Young, Hō-raku, 19th century

[nobrashfestivity]

Unknown,Netsuke of Young Sparrow Edo (1615–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912) 19th century Ivory H. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); W. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); D. 1 in. (2.5 cm) Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891

[snailspng]

Toad/frog netsuke PNGs.

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[slopforhogs]

Ivory wild boar netsuke by Kaigyokusai Masatsugu (1813-1892)

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