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Definition of Netsuke
1. n. In Japanese costume and decorative art, a small object carved in wood, ivory, bone, or horn, or wrought in metal, and pierced with holes for cords by which it is connected, for convenience, with the inro, the smoking pouch (tabako-ire), and similar objects carried in the girdle. It is now much used on purses sold in Europe and America.
Definition of Netsuke
1. Noun. a small, often collectible, artistic carving characterized by an opening or two small holes ((term lang=ja ??? tr=himot?shi)), most commonly made of wood or ivory, used as a fob at the end of a cord attached to a suspended pouch containing pens, medicines, or tobacco. Netsuke originated in feudal Japan in the late 16th and 17th centuries. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Netsuke
1. a button-like fixture on Japanese clothing [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Netsuke
Literary usage of Netsuke
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Arts of Japan by Edward Dillon (1906)
"CHAPTER X THE netsuke The ... of the netsuke—Materials—The Manju netsuke—Carvers
of netsukes—Masks. WE have seen^that the two swords that the Japanese ..."
2. Japan, Its History, Arts and Literature by Frank Brinkley (1902)
"A netsuke-carver of Kyoto. The Soken Kisho says: " His skill in carving was ...
A netsuke-carver of Nagoya. Masatsugu. Present day. A netsuke- carver of ..."
3. Catalogue of Specimens of Japanese Lacquer and Metal Work Exhibited in 1894 by Burlington Fine Arts Club, William Anderson, Arthur Herbert Church, Edward Gilbertson, Edward Dillon (1894)
"(L) netsuke. Carved wood, the red lacquer worn down to imitate old Kamakura-bori
... netsuke in the shape of a manju cake. Wood lacquered in black and gold. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"But the netsuke may now be said to be a thing of the past. The inro (medicine-box),
which it mainly served to fix in the girdle, has been driven out of ..."
5. Arts and Crafts of Old Japan by Stewart Dick (1906)
"The art of the netsuke" carver, often bold and vigorous, sometimes elaborately
... At the end of the cord was the netsuke", which prevented the objects from ..."
6. Japan as Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Esther Singleton (1904)
"Until very recently a netsuke was a term which included, in the minds of ...
In reality, a netsuke is a toggle affixed by a cord to the tobacco pouch, ..."
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