Once immensely popular across Japan, netsuke (pronounced nets-keh) were miniature sculptures that also served a purpose as personal fashion accessories, helping overcome the lack of pockets in traditional men's clothing by helping hang small items from a kimono sash.
What started as simple accessories evolved into beautiful and complicated sculptures created in a variety of exquisite materials over a span of more than 200 years during Japan's Edo period (1603-1868).
#portland-japanese-garden #art-exhibition #netsuke-sculptures #traditional-japanese-clothing #edo-period
[
add
]
[
|
|
...
]