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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. Not a Member? Join Today to read all of the journals online!
1990
Spring 1990, Volume 10, No.1 - International Netsuke Society Journal
Spring
Volume 10, No.1
Summer 1990, Volume 10, No.2 - International Netsuke Society Journal
Summer
Volume 10, No.2
Fall 1990, Volume 10, No.3 - International Netsuke Society Journal
Fall
Volume 10, No.3
Winter 1990, Volume 10, No.4 - International Netsuke Society Journal
Winter
Volume 10, No.4

Winter 1990

  • President's Message
  • From Your Editor
  • Netsuke Kenkyukai Chapters
  • Letters to The Editor
  • History of Tobacco Pouches Tomikichi Tanaka, translated by Robert Hori
  • Ikku-san's Carvings Robert O. Kinsey
  • Book Review of James Melville's "The Ninth Netsuke" Carole Skiersobolski
  • Book Review of Shinkichi Hara's "Masters of Sword Fittings, with German Glossary" Graham Gemmell
  • Questions and Answers Raymond Bushell
  • The 1991 San Francisco Convention

Cover:
Sleeping Rabbit, by Ikku (see caption Fig. 7 on page 21 for details) Photograph by Lawrence Reynolds. Los Angeles

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Fall 1990

  • President's Message
  • From Your Editor
  • Netsuke Kenkyukai Chapters
  • Letters to The Editor
  • Questions and Answers Raymond Bushell
  • WHODUNIT? Ikkan or Ichiun? Jairus K. Hammond
  • Birth of an Inro Collection Sho Brozman
  • Takayama Revisited Sharon Thane Chappell
  • School or style? Jairus K. Hammond
  • A Special Announcement
  • Learning at the Auctions Luigi Bandini
  • The Shojo — Drunkard or Virgin or Both? Alain Ducros
  • An Unrecorded Artist George Lazarnick
  • Forthcoming Netsuke Conventions and Symposia
  • Message to NK Society Membership: San Francisco Convention Jairus K. Hammond
  • Report from London Convention

Cover:
Five-case Inro with wrap-around scene showing a shojo at a large sake jar. Signed: Kama Yasuhide (see caption Fig. 7 on pp. 28-29 for details)

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Summer 1990

  • President's Message
  • From Your Editor
  • Netsuke Kenkyukai Chapters
  • Letters-to-the-Editor
  • Questions and Answers Raymond Bushell
  • Bokuto Gabor Wilhelm
  • Sanzan: Foremost Teppitsu Artist In Japan Bluette Kirchhoff
  • Peregrinations in Japan Brad Blakely
  • On the Continent Gabor Wilhelm

Cover:
Wood bokuto of carved dragon, 17 1/2", from collection of Dr. Nathan Rosenbloom, Photo by Dana Levy.

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Spring 1990

  • President's Message
  • From Your Editor
  • Netsuke Kenkyukai Chapters
  • Letters-to-the-Editor
  • Questions and Answers Raymond Bushell
  • Guy Shaw and His Netsuke
  • Book Review of NETSUKE: MODERN MASTERPIECES by Masayoshi Yamada Reviewed by Miriam Kinsey
  • Japanese Lacquer Ware from the Verbrugge Collection E.A. Wrangham
  • On the Continent Gabor Wilhelm
  • Learning at the Auctions Luigi Bandini
  • News of Interest
  • Modest Netsuke (or Netsuke on $5 a Day #3) Robert P. Goode

Cover:
Carp with coin, made from a single piece of ivory, shown with ojime, by Guy Shaw (see p.9). Photo by Dana Levy

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