Netsuke: Masterpieces from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Abe no Seimei animal netsuke artist became Bequest of Edward Bequest of Stephen body Buddhist carved Chinese color composition cord openings crack created creature curls curve Daruma dragon Early nineteenth century Edo period eighteenth-early nineteenth century example expression eyes face figure forgery Gift gold H. O. Havemeyer Collection hair height 1½ inches humor inlays inrō ivory Japan Japanese Josō kakihan stylized signature karashishi known Kuan-yü Kyōgen Kyoto lacquer Late eighteenth century Late eighteenth-early nineteenth legend legs length 1½ inches manjū Masanao mask carver mask netsuke Meiji Meiji period metal Minkō monkey Moore Collection netsuke carvers octopus ojime Okame Ono no Komachi piece pupils Russell Sage Ryūjin sagemono samurai Sanshō sash Sennin Shinto Shishi Shōki Signed small sculptures stain Stephen Whitney Stephen Whitney Phoenix style stylistic surface symbolic Taishō period Tanuki technique tengu textural contrast tō literally tobacco pouch Tomotada Toyomasa usually Wood worn zodiac