netsuke 根付

During the Edo period in Japan (1615–1868), men often wore fashionable garments and carefully chosen accessories to demonstrate their status and personal style. Intricately carved toggles called netsuke (pronounced net-ské) were worn on kimonos. Netsuke were often inspired by the natural world – this group of wooden examples depict a horse, flying crane, insects and rats.

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netsuke

Pronunciation /ˈnɛtski//ˈnɛtsʊki/

NOUN

• A carved button-like ornament, especially of ivory or wood, formerly worn in Japan to suspend articles from the sash of a kimono.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Japanese.

Etymology[edit]

A dog-shaped netsuke.

From Japanese 根付 (netsuke). Literally 根 (ne, “root”) + 付け (tsuke, “attach”).

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