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The peacock's feather : gentlemen's jewelry of old Japan
- Title
- The peacock's feather : gentlemen's jewelry of old Japan / Joseph Kurstin and Gilles Lorin.
- Author
- Kurstin, Joseph.
- Publication
- [United States?] : International Netsuke Society, ©2006.
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- Description
- 132 pages : color illustrations; 30 cm
- Summary
- In the 18th and early 19th centuries, the well-dressed gentleman of urban Japan seldom appeared on the street without a carefully considered ensemble of netsuke and sagmono suspended from the sash of his garment. Usually carved figures of ivory, wood, or stag antler, the netsuke functioned as a means of securing the sagemono-- "a dangling object," such as a medicine case, pipeholder, or tobacco pouch--to one's clothing. While individuals at almost every level of Japanse society wore such objects, those that have achieved the status of art today served originally as accessories of the moneyed elite. Netsuke, as fully realized miniature sculptures, and sagemono, which shared with them virtuoso artisanship and a genius for compact design, were often richly decorative displays of a wearers' wealth and taste. That much is surely clear from the works selected for the exhibition at the Morikami Museum, which this catalog accompanies.--Provided by publisher in foreword.
- Subjects
- Inro > Japan > Exhibitions
- Netsukes > Japan > Exhibitions
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Note
- "This publication accompanies an exhibition held at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, located in Delray Beach, Florida, January 10-March 18, 2007, in conjunction with the International Netsuke Society Convention located in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida, January 26-31, 2007."--T.p. verso.
- Includes indexes.
- Contents
- The peacock's feather: gentlemen's jewelry of old Japan -- Netsuke -- Inro -- Other sagemono.
- ISBN
- 1588860930
- 9781588860934
- LCCN
- 2009459282
- OCLC
- ocn153581434
- 153581434
- SCSB-1450693
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library