Prince Takamado Netsuke Collection – A 20th Anniversary Exhibition
From 15 November and the 25 December 2022 the Tokyo National Museum held a 20th anniversary exhibition dedicated to the memory of His Imperial Highness Prince Takamado where his complete netsuke collection was displayed. Here are some images of my work on display at the exhibition along with some general views of the exhibition. Photos ...
Tokyo Contemporary Netsuke Exhibition
The annual Contemporary Netsuke Exhibition at Tokyo Takashimaya Department Store will be running from 10th-16th April 2019. This is a group show consisting with 90 netsuke on display. I will be exhibiting 2 work this year one of which is the python represented in the image above. Doors are open from 10:30am until 7:30pm.
Restraints of Making Netsuke
The uniqueness of netsuke is derived from its function. When designing a netsuke if the artist was to ignore its function the result would either be, a poor quality netsuke or an object which is a small sculpture but not a netsuke.
So there are several consideration netsuke artists must make. These are size, durability of ...