• President's Letter
• INS Financial Reports
• Chapters
• Bakumatsu BakemonoAdelaida Sanchez Rus
• Genryosai Minkoku, an Early Edo Netsukeshi, Part 2Giovanni Rimondi
• Cologne Convention Wrap-upSusan Romaine
• On the ContinentGabor Wilhelm
• Modern Pioneers: Norman L. Sandfield

Cover: Masatoshi's goblins. Collection of A. & H. Sanchez Rus. See p. 12

• President's Letter
• Genryosai Minkoku, an Early Edo Netsukeshi, Part IGiovanni Rimondi
• Chapters
• Eastern Humor, Irony, and Thoughts in Netsuke DesignIkuko Kimura, PhD, and Yushi Tanida
• Netsuke and AnmaJohn Boyle
• Netsuke Stories Bring Japan to Life in Washington DCYoko Tsuge and Takaaki Nemoto
• AuctionsOliver Moss
• The Lacquer Master Shojosai, 1900-1978Heinz and Else Kress

Cover: Coiled dragon, ivory, with black horn pupils. Unsigned, attributed to Mitsuharu (1750-1780), Kyoto. Collection of Beverly and Jay Hopkins. Included in the Washington DC exhibition, "Meet Netsuke," in 2017.

• President's Letter
• 2017 Cologne INS Convention Bulletin
• Exhibition in Washington DC
• Chapters
• Juntoku Minko from TsuNeil Holton
• Report on the Tobacco & Salt Museum Exhibition and Related EventsIkuko Kimura, Ph.D., Yushi Tanida, Reiko Tachibana
• On the ContinentGabor Wilhelm
• A Look at Old-Fashioned Inrō Described in 1705 by a Kyoto Makie-shiHeinz and Else Kress
• Book Review: Kokusai The Genius: And Stag-antler Carving in JapanRichard Silverman
• In Memoriam

• President's Letter
• 2017 Cologne INS Convention Bulletin
• Chapters
• NAMAZU: How a Giant Catfish Propelled Old Japan into Modernity: Reflections in Prints, NetsukeDavid S. White, Esq.
• Contrasting StylesAdelaida Sánchez Rus
• Modern Pioneers: Richard Silverman - Autobiography of a Silver Kirin, Part 2Susan Atchley, Ph.D.
• AuctionsOliver Moss
• In Memoriam: Michael FrankStefan Landau

Cover: Namazu (earthquake fish). Sashi-style netsuke carved from umimatsu; the striations are peculiar to this material. David S. White collection. Article begins on page 10.