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Definitions of netsuke in various dictionaries:
A small toggle, often in the form of an elaborately carved ivory or wood figure, used to secure a purse or small container suspended on a silk cord from the sash of a kimono.
noun - a button-like fixture on Japanese clothing
NETSUKE - Netsuke () [netske] are miniature sculptures that were invented in 17th-century Japan to serve a practical function (the two Japanese characters ne+t...
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| A collector's item, this small ornament carved of wood or bone is often used as a kimono fastener |
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| A small toggle, often in the form of a carved ivory or wood figure, used to secure a purse or container suspended on a cord from the sash of a kimono. |
| a carved button-like ornament, especially of ivory or wood, formerly worn in Japan to suspend articles from the sash of a kimono. |
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Netsuke () [netske] are miniature sculptures that were invented in 17th-century Japan to serve a practical function (the two Japanese characters ne+tsuke mean "root" and "to attach"). In English the word may be italicized or not, with American English tending to favour the former and British English the latter.Traditional Japanese garmentsrobes called kosode and kimonohad no pockets; however, men who wore them needed a place to store their personal belongings, such as pipes, tobacco, money, seals, or medicines. Their solution was to place such objects in containers (called sagemono) hung by cords from the robes' sashes (obi). The containers may have been pouches or small woven baskets, but the most popular were beautifully crafted boxes (inr), which were held shut by ojime, which were sliding beads on cords. Whatever the form of the container, the fastener that secured the cord at the top of the sash was a carved, button-like toggle called a netsuke. * Netsuke, like the inr and ojime, e |