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One of the great benefits of joining the International Netsuke Society is the quarterly journal which the society publishes.  Articles are written by various collectors, scholars and dealers of netsuke.  Published with high quality papers, the journal is handsome as well as being extremely informative and educational.
Fall 2009 Issue
  • President's Letter
  • Convention Post-Script
  • Chapters
  • Questions and Answers
         Yukari Yoshida & Joseph Kurstin
  • An Ema Tablet Depicting Inro and Netsuke by Suzuki Masayoshi, dated 1760
         Else and Heinz Kress
  • The Work of Ryo Kawara (Kawahara):
    Part 2
         David Burditt
  • Whose Dog Is It?
         Vladyslav Bykoriz
  • Unusual Animal and Bird Configurations in Netsuke
        Eberhard Schmidt-Böthelt
  • From the Outside Looking In
        Michael J. Strone
  • A Big Question to "The Question of Authenticity"
         Nori Watanabe
  • Netsuke Basics from A to Z
         Christine Drosse
  • Auctions
         D.J.K. Wright
  • Book Reviews
  • Memoriam
  • New York Convention Photos
  • Correction
  • Membership Form
  • Index of Advertisers
  • Back Issues
Volume 29 No.2 Summer 2009 International Netsuke Society Journal Summer 2009 Issue
  • New York Convention Bulletin
  • President's Letter
  • Letters
  • Chapters
  • Questions and Answers
         Yukari Yoshida & Joseph Kurstin
  • Lost in Plain View: A Noteworthy 19th Century Netsukeshi, All But Invisible
         Christopher Beamer
  • Inro Made in Kyoto, 350 Years Ago
         Else and Heinz Kress
  • A New Year's Gift
  • A Remarkable Sansukumi
         Eberhard Schmidt-Böthelt
  • The Work of Ryo Kawara (Kawahara):
    Part I
         David Burditt
  • From the Outside Looking In
         Michael J. Strone
  • Netsuke Happenings: The Case of the Twin Christ-Figures
        Gabor Wilhelm
  • Netsuke Basics from A to Z
         Christine Drosse
  • Auctions
         Michael J. Strone
  • Membership Form
  • Index of Advertisers
Volume 29 No.1 Spring 2009 International Netsuke Society Journal Spring 2009 Issue
  • New York Convention Bulletin
  • Vice-President's Letter
  • Letters
  • Chapters
  • Questions and Answers
         Yukari Yoshida & Joseph Kurstin
  • Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Fine Inro Netsuke, and One Statue
         David Burditt
  • Tsuishu from a Daimyo Grave
         Else and Heinz Kress
  • The Centennial Sennin
         Chris Beamer
  • From the Outside Looking In
         Michael Strone
  • The Armchair Collector
         Richard Hieronymus
  • A Puppy Netsuke by Komin with Kao
         Judy Barnewolt-Jones
  • Netsuke Basics from A to Z
         Christine Drosse
  • An Unusual Netsuke
         Eberhard Schmidt-Böthelt
  • Auctions
         Douglas J.K. Wright
  • On the Continent
         Gabor Wilhelm
  • Book Reviews
  • Memoriam
  • Membership Form
  • Index of Advertisers
  • Back Issues
Volume 28 No. 4 Winter 2008 International Netsuke Society Journal Winter 2008 Issue
  • President's Letter
  • New York Convention Bulletin
  • Letters
  • Chapters
  • Questions and Answers
         Yukari Yoshida & Joseph Kurstin
  • Jikkan + Junishi = Ėto
         Kazuko Nakamishi Ficara
  • Netsuke in the Lanfranchi Collection of the Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan
         Francesco Morena
  • The Question of Authenticity
         Stanley Wertheim
  • Taming the Wild Bull
         Else and Heinz Kress
  • The Meinertzhagen Kirin
         Richard Hieronymus
  • Auctions
  • Netsuke Basics from A to Z
         Christine Drosse
  • From the Outside Looking In: Ducking the Canards
         Michael J. Strone
  • The Scottish Samurai
         Jim Fowlie
  • Memoriam
  • Reviews
  • Membership Form
  • Index of Advertisers
  • Back Issues
Volume 28 No. 3 Fall 2008 International Netsuke Society Journal Fall 2008 Issue
  • President's Letter
  • New York Convention Bulletin
  • Letters
  • Chapters
  • Questions and Answers
         Yukari Yoshida & Joseph Kurstin
  • Netsuke Basics from A to Z
         Christine Drosse
  • Early American Collector
         David Bray
  • Menuki, Metalwork to Adorn Swords - and Inro
         Else and Heinz Kress
  • Netsuke Enigma: Soken Kisho Artists
         Neil K. Davey
  • The Armchair Collector: KIBIDAIJIN
         Richard Hieronymus
  • Auctions
         Douglas J.K. Wright
  • On the Continent
         Gabor Wilhelm
  • In Memoriam
  • Membership Form
  • Index of Advertisers
  • Back Issues
Volume 28 No. 2 Summer 2008 International Netsuke Society Journal Summer 2008 Issue
  • President's Letter
  • New York Convention Bulletin
  • Letters
  • Stolen Netsuke and Inro Recovered
  • Chapters
  • Questions and Answers
         Yukari Yoshida & Joseph Kurstin
  • Chasing the Elusive Japanese Dragon
         Daphne Lange Rosenzweig
  • Netsuke Basics from A to Z
         Christine Drosse
  • Tengu Netsuke
         Pierre Jacquesson
  • The Opening of the Kyoto Seishu Netsuke Art Museum
         Robert O. Kinsey
  • Kameyama or Kizan?
         Max Rutherston
  • The Armchair Collector: Unusual Depictions of "The Dynamic Duo"
         Richard Hieronymus
  • Birds of a Feather
         Else and Heinz Kress
  • On the Continent
         Gabor Wilhelm
  • Book Reviews
  • In Memoriam
  • Membership Form
  • INS Membership Directory Updates
  • Index of Advertisers

 

Spring 2008 Issue
  • Convention Bulletin
  • President's Letter
  • Chapters
  • Letters
  • Questions and Answers
         Yukari Yoshida & Joseph Kurstin
  • Kiyohime & Anchin
         Kazuko Nakanishi Ficara
  • Gyotai: Badge of Rank for Collectors?
         Else and Heinz Kress
  • Netsuke Basics from A to Z: Cats
         Christine Drosse
  • Matsuri: A Bridge to a Better Future
         Christopher Beamer
  • The Survey of the Hermitage Museum's Netsuke Collection
         Tatiana Nikolova
  • The Netsuke of Natasha Popova
         Ross Nursey
  • Auctions
    Douglas J.K. Wright
  • Stolen Inro
  • Membership Form
  • Index of Advertisers
  • The Peacock's Feather: Gentlemen's Jewelry of Old Japan
  • Back Issues
Fall 2007 Issue
  • Questions and Answers by Yukari Yoshida and Joseph Kurstin
  • New Japanese Art Department at Bonhams by Neil K. Davey
  • Hokusai for Foreigners by Else & Heinz Kress
  • Transformations and Bewitching Apparitions by Rosemary Bandini
  • From the Outside Looking In: Whose Art Is It Anyway? by Michael J. Strone
  • Sansukumi by Kazuko Nakanishi Ficara
  • Facts and Speculations about the Carp - Part 2: The Carp That Was Not Eaten by Dr. Suzy Van Laere-Fischer
  • On the Continent by Gabor Wilhelm
  • Auctions by Douglas J.K. Wright
  • Netsuke Basics from A to Z by Christine Drosse
  • The Armchair Collector - Kirin: Ace High in the Netsuke Deck! by Richard Hieronymus
Summer 2007 Issue
  • Questions and Answers by Yukari Yoshida and Joseph Kurstin
  • Black Beauty by Guenther Heckman
  • Sosen: Kyoto Netsukeshi? by Christopher Beamer
  • From the Outside Looking In: The Importance of Being Earnest by Michael J. Strone
  • Miami Convention: A Week to Remember
  • Affiliation between Japanese Netsuke and Carl Faberge's Works by Tatiana Nikolova
  • Facts and Speculations about the Carp - Part I: Carp as Food by Dr. Suzy Van Laere-Fischer
  • Toun Shishido by Hollis Kinsey
  • Book Review: Tiny Titans
Spring 2007 Issue
  • Questions and Answers by Yukari Yoshida and Joseph Kurstin
  • Tenmin School of Kagamibuta Makers by Dieuwke Eijer
  • Anabori (Cavern) and Interior Carving by Ikuko Kimura, PhD
  • Ariwara no Narihira: A Famous Poet and Beau by Karl M. Schwarz
  • Auctions, NY by Stanley Wertheim
  • Asia Art Week by Douglas J.K. Wright
  • JINCS Index
  • On the Continent by Gabor Wilhelm
  • The Armchair Collector: The Big Win by Richard Hieronymus
  • Of Pox Demons and Man-Eating Monsters by Alexander L. Bieri
Winter 2006 Issue
  • Convention Bulletin
  • Questions and Answers by Yukari Yoshida and Joseph Kurstin
  • Zeshin: The Catherine and Thomas Edson Collection by Sebastian Izzard
  • Chariots, Search Engines, and the Non-Self by Ed McNiff
  • Tonkotsu: Meaning of the Word by Hidekazu Okuno, Translated by Makiko Komada
  • On the Continent by Gabor Wilhelm
  • Auctions by Douglas J.K. Wright
  • Auction: Eldred's by Ed McNiff
  • Netsuke That Could Only Be Contemporary by Jeffrey Klotz and Phyllis Lieberman
  • A Shoki-Oni Episode Involving Daruma by Robert O. Kinsey
  • Book Review:  Promenade dans l'art japonais by Alain Ducros, Reviewed by Neil K. Davey

 

Fall 2006 Issue
  • Convention Bulletin
  • Questions and Answers by Yukari Yoshida and Joseph Kurstin
  • The Bakemono Says
  • Putting the Record Straight by Rosemary Bandini
  • Suzume No Yado by Christopher Beamer
  • Hashi-Ichi II by Yoichi Shimatani
  • Yoshitomo: A Comparative Study by Michael J. Strone
  • Profile: Susan Wraight by Hollis K. Kinsey
  • The Porcupine by Alain Ducros
  • The Armchair Collector: Wondering about Raiden (Raijin) by  Richard Hieronymus
  • Legends: Emma O, King of Hell by Karl M. Schwarz
  • Book Review: Le Netzke Errant
  • "Welshmen Never Yield": Remembrances of Barry Davies by Barbara Warren
Summer 2006 Issue
  • Convention Bulletin
  • Questions and Answers by Yukari Yoshida and Joseph Kurstin
  • The Bakemono Says
  • Auctions by Douglas Wright
  • Research on Ashinaga and Tenaga by Katsuhide Akabane, translated by Fumiko Takano
  • Tomochika I: Carver and Pundit? by Chris Beamer
  • The Porcupine by Alain Ducros
  • Narwhal and the Wedded Rocks of Fatami by Roger Rudolph
  • Legends: Hojoe, or Setting Free by Karl M. Schwarz
  • Fakes, Forgeries, and Copies by William G. Bosshard
  • An Inro from the Shep Brozman Collection
  • Fine Work by Eberhard Schmidt-Bothelt
  • Notes 25: Dogs (inu) by Neil K. Davey
  • The One That Got Away by Sem Djelal

 

Spring 2006 Issue
  • Questions and Answers by Yukari Yoshida and Joseph Kurstin
  • Random Thoughts on Toads by Dr. Patrizia Jirka-Schmitz
  • On the Continent by Gabor Wilhelm
  • Auctions by Douglas Wright
  • The Armchair Collector: In Search of Minko's Elephant Netsuke by Richard Hieronymus
  • The Porcupine by Alain Ducros
  • Notes 24: Venturing Beyond Netsuke and Sagemono by Neil K. Davey
  • Collector Profile and Book Review: The Virginia Atchley Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts by Michael J. Strone

 

Cover:
Inro. Crows by Kanshosai Toju. Virginia Atchley Collection

 


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