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Netsuke was a infamous historical functioning art form of Japan during the Edo-period over 300 years ago, but found its way into our modern worldly art formations, still highly sought after in our contemporary art collection cycles of today. Netsuke had a traditional function with an artistic beauty and was worn upon the waists of the Japanese during the 17th Century. Netsuke was the artistically created toggle, to hold personal items safely while being carried in their pouches. It is could be made of many material types, with the most popular being hard woods and ivory and the most uniquely noted materials were of shell, pottery, various animals of teeth and bones to even hard forms of coral.
Although Netsuke has found a uniquely large number of people who are fascinated with Netsuke it is still a curious and mystic art form telling many secrets of the Japanese cultural being of the past. There are those who carry strong fascination of all Netsuke, contemporary artists and collectors alike, have a passion to study the historical past and the current contemporary art formations of Netsuke. With this intense fascination, there comes many museums around the world that feature variously intriguing Netsuke collections for us all to view and learn about. But there seems to be only one museum to have the largest exhibit completely dedicated Netsuke artifacts and cultural history past and present. This museum is the Museum Of Arts And Design in New York of the United States.
For almost 50 years, this museum has been based on dedication to artistic formations made of ivory, wood, clay, glass, and fiber mediums of art and history. Netsuke has its own exhibit within this museum, carried by over 100 contemporary artistic Netsuke pieces to see. This is the very first completely dedicated Netsuke upon the East Coast and features the familiar traditional Netsuke as well as the less traditional contemporary Netsuke art formations done by today's Netsuke's best artists from around the world. These artistic art forms are individually chosen pieces from 54 various Netsuke carver collections from around the United States.
There are contemporary Japanese Netsuke carver's like Masatoshi (1915 to 2001) whom was known as a traditional and a contemporary Netsuke carver who worked mostly with boxwood. He associated with many untraditional as well as traditional designs of Netsuke. He is well known for the 'Octopus Annoyed By A Sea Louse'. There are also the Netsuke designs by Hiroaki, German-born Matt Kowallik and Alexander Derkachenko, along with many more highly talented artists from all over the world. The designs range from butterflies, beetles, blowfish to the traditional nude figure that has been more of a taboo subject among the conservative Japanese carvers.
Anita Satin Choudhary writes for IvoryandArt.com Gallery. Browse the gallery for unique collection of artifacts ranging from Bronze Sculptures to Mammoth Ivory and Silver Judaica
Types And Sizes Of Japanese Netsuke
Netsuke was the functional pieces of art worn with the original Japanese Kimono. One of the most commonly known Netsuke styles is the Katabori-Netsuke. The Sashi-Netsuke or also known as the "Stab" Netsuke, averages around 6 inches long in length and literally resembles a stick like artistic formation. The Men-Netsuke, but also known as the "Mask Netsuke" is definitely the largest in size and dimensional being. The Flat-lidded Netsuke, or the Kagami-buta Netsuke is a flattened rounded, and hollowed out piece of artistic works, that ran the average size of the palm of a hand.
The artistic works of Netsuke can be placed at its height of necessity during the Edo time period of 1603 - 1867. Netsuke was the functional pieces of art worn with the original Japanese Kimono. It was specifically the fastening toggle of the bag or sash placed around the waste of the Japanese for carrying any needed or desired objects, as we would carry in our purses or clothing pockets nowadays. But since the traditional clothing of the Japanese had no pockets, the functional formations of Netsuke was a small piece of artistic works of need, along with the beauty and wide variations of expressions pertaining to everyday life and on into areas, that were somewhat culturally taboo topics of open conversation during that time period.
There had always been numerous types of materials that the traditional Netsuke carvings were created from. Some of the known materials have been, and still are various kinds of ivories and hard woods. The sizes of Netsuke was traditionally smaller in sizes, due to being physically worn, instead of being collected and displayed the way contemporary Netsuke has overtime come to be known. Since there has always been a tradition of beautiful, expressive and even story telling formations, the Netsuke of the past moved from a functional place of daily life to a worldly collector's delight.
Due to the many variations of sizes, shapes and formations , there are many different tools that are specifically used for its carving. One of the most commonly known Netsuke styles is the Katabori-Netsuke. The more familiar name is the "Sculpture Netsuke", and the average size is only 1 inch to 3 inches in height. The Sashi-Netsuke or also known as the "Stab" Netsuke, averages around 6 inches long in length and literally resembles a stick like artistic formation. The Men-Netsuke, but also known as the "Mask Netsuke" is definitely the largest in size and dimensional being. These will be approximately the dimensions and size of a full humanistic face. The Manju-Netsuke is one of thickest, and in the rounded, flat formation, usually has a slight size variation of only the size comparable to a Japanese confection. The Flat-lidded Netsuke, or the Kagami-buta Netsuke is a flattened rounded, and hollowed out piece of artistic works, that ran the average size of the palm of a hand.
There are several different categories of Netsuke artworks, totaling seven basis formations, and more of them than not, these beautifully exquisite pieces run smaller than the average hand size, but are packed with detailed expressions. It takes many different sizes and shapes of tools for the real Netsuke carvers to work the various materials to create such unique, but yet, story telling works of art.
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In Japanese mythology what is the symbolism of a small boy holding a scroll riding on the back of a giant carp
I have a netsuke of a boy on the back of a carp, holding a scroll. Is he a God? I guess its something to do with wisdom.
thanks in advance.
On Children's Day in Japan they use a symbol like this:
Here is a quote from the below source explaining it "Gogatsu ningyo (5th Month Dolls) are displayed in homes and store windows with images of Kintarou, usually riding on a large carp, and a traditional Japanese samurai helmet, a Kabuto. Kintarou and the Kabuto are both symbols of a strong and healthy boy. Kintarou (金太郎) is the childhood name of a hero of the Heian period, famous for his strength as a child. It is said that Kintarou mounted on a bear, instead of a horse, and played with animals in the mountain when he was a young boy."
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