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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Carved containers, accession number 9-8938, described as inro with netsuke; flat oval lacquer box with 4 compartments and cover, all connected by brown cord to ivory curled-up rat netsuke; design is allover repeat of 4-lobed flower inside diamond (gold with traces of black outlines); worn by men; attached at the belt by a silk cord with netsuke toggle; originally used to hold the seal which must always be at hand; later used mainly for medicines, sweetmeats, etc.; this specimen does not have the bead cord holder (ojime).
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 9-7613, described as Netsuke in ivory, of a man in court dress with sword, bald and an astute face mingled with extraordinary cunning, and the character for "great" inscribed on the back of his robe. Depicts Nakatomi Kamatari Fukiwara, considered the greatest man of Japan.
Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 9-7412, described as Carving: man crowned, riding leopard and carrying royal insignia. Attendant beside him, carrying insignia also. According to the donor's catalog: "Netsuke of a group consisting of: a man riding a leopard, crowned and carrying the royal insignia; and also an attendant carrying more insignia. Constructed from a rare piece of old Chinese ivory probably out of a tomb. The crowned man is Wu Wang, founder of the Chou dynasty, which lasted from 1122 BC to 255 BC. Wen Wang, the father of Wu Wang, seized (in battle) the kingdom from Chou Hsin, the last of the Shang dynasty. Wu Wang was a man of peace and turned the old trick of turning the war chariot into a plow. He passed his day in grading schools, establishing hospitals and amplifying the Chinese calendar. Note the bland, inscrutable and serenely baffling expression of the Augustness.
Hearst Museum object titled Case, accession number 9-18902, described as case, wood, rectangular; 5 tiers of trays, with partitions; base with tan woven carrying strap with brown stripe at center; wood cover for top tray; wood cover; all tiers nesting; wood cover for entire stack; case used to store netsuke in this accession
Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 9-11914a-c, described as Inro with netsuke and ojime A) single case wood inro with incised curvilinear designs with crosshatched filler; elm bark (?) 2 ply cord strings. B) Juvenile bear jaw netsuke C) blue glass bead ojime. Worn by men; attached at the belt by cord with netsuke toggle; the two ends of the cord run above the inro first through the ojime and then through two holes in the netsuke; used to hold medicines, etc.; old note inside specimen says “Ainu tobacco-box. The Netsuke (pronounced nit-ske) is the lower jaw of a young bear.”
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 9-12549, described as Inro, netsuke, ojime: possibly models, or souvenirs. The inro (a) is a tiny, square wood case of two pieces. Simple decoration of branch in sprinkled gold lacquer, w/ inlaid mother-of-pearl 'blossom' on one side, and two blossoms on the other side. Red lacquer signature at one end. Light coat of lacquer on interior. Hidden cord guides. Thin braided grey cord. Netsuke (b) carved of ivory representing a lean dog, front paws upon a human skull. Dark inlaid eyes. Hole thru middle; ie prob. is an ojime, not netsuke. Ojime (c) a red coral (?) bead. L. (a) 4cm.; (b) 2.5 cm.; (c) Dia. 1.4 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Container, netsuke, accession number 9-12548a,b, described as Inro and Netsuke: the inro (a) is a lacquer case of five nesting sections, with raised cord guides. Decoration in gold sprinkled lacquer and black unpolished lacquer (hana-nuri). One side shows two thatched buildings depicted in light sprinkled gold on the black surface, with heavier gold lines for detail. Stream in foreground, rock with small rectabgles of gold foil inlay (okibarame), and willow trees, in slight relief: (hira-maki-e). - in the background. Reverse side shows stream, black pine trees, and mountains in the background. Much of the ground has the inlaid rectabgles of gold. Plain surfaces in dull even sprinkled gold, (fundame). Interior: Nashiji = coarse sprinkles of gold on black ground covered by red tinted transparent lacquer. (b) Netsuke: wood carving representing abalone with two small shells on top forming cord hole. Signature on one side. L. (a) 8cm.; (b) 4.3cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Container with netsuke, accession number 9-8937, described as inro with netsuke; flat oval lacquer box w/4 compartments and cover, all connected by yellow cord; cord attached to amethyst-colored glass bead and lacquer netsuke w/ 2 cranes or herons in low relief; designs in gold on gold and black speckled ground are pheasant in tree and pheasant on ground on one side of box, landscape w/ 2 mandarin ducks on reverse side; ht. box 8.5 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Disk, accession number 9-12567, described as Disk, metal; part of a Kagami-buta type netsuke. One side has intaglio relief of a robed bearded man w/ floppy hat, holding a gold handled fly whisk* w/ a silver-like brush. The robes are represented by simple stylized lines deeply incised. Tiny 5 character inscription to one side. Brown metal loop on the other side, w/ short loop of orange silk cord. The disk is white silver-like metal, polished on one side and dull on the other. Dia. 3.3cm. Part of the inscription might read "Minjo" name of late 19th c. metal worker.
Hearst Museum object titled Fabric sacks, accession number 9-18903, described as Sacks (26), cltoh, loom-woven brocade (?) design on exterior; cloth lining; double drawstring on each. Used to store netsuke in this accession. Counted 27 fabric sacks on 4/12/12 during Regatta pre-move inventory (AT).

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