Ise-no-Netsuke
Netsuke is a small wooden carving worn above the girdle to hold the Inro or tobacco-pouch in place.
It is said that the production of Netsuke prospered as the carrying around of a tobacco-pouch came into fashion in the middle of the Edo period (1600-1868).
Craftspeople use Asamatsuge, (a wood of the box tree family) which grows locally, for their material, as this tree is very hard and abrasion resistant.
It is said that the production of Netsuke prospered as the carrying around of a tobacco-pouch came into fashion in the middle of the Edo period (1600-1868).
Craftspeople use Asamatsuge, (a wood of the box tree family) which grows locally, for their material, as this tree is very hard and abrasion resistant.
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