2023
Spring
Volume 43, No.1
Summer
Volume 43, No.2
Fall
Volume 43, No.3
Winter
Volume 43, No.4
Spring 2023
Volume 43 | Number 1
- Three in the MorningChristopher Beamer
- The Armchair Collector: Kaosho RochishinRichard Hieronymus
- The Youngest Collector: Lessons From My GrandfatherRobin Groeneveldt
- Ramblings of a Retired Auctioneer: Changing the GameNeil Davey
- Bridging Traditions, Bridging Oceans: The Netsuke of Nick LambRobyn G. Peterson
- Auctions
Joseph & Elena Kurstin CollectionMax Rutherston - Tsugaru-nuri: A 20th Century Revival of Ancient Japanese Sword-Scabbard Lacquer TechniquesElse and Heinz Kress
Cover: Kaosho Rochishin, ivory, with inscription Kaosho. See p. 8
Summer 2023
Volume 43 | Number 2
- Early Netsuke Collectors, Part IIGiovanni Rimondi
- Year of the UsagiDavid Butsumyo
- Ramblings of a Retired Auctioneer:
Happy Anniversary, Naito ToyomasaNeil Davey - On the ContinentHugues Vuillefroy de Silly
- Book Review – Gazu Hyakkachō and Inrō
(Pictures of 100 Birds and Matching Inro)Jay E. Hopkins - In Memoriam
Richard Barker | Robert P. Goode
Cover: Lacquer inro inlaid with gold, pewter, and turquoise. Signed Toju. See page 35
Fall 2023
Volume 43 | Number 3
- INS 2024 Boston Convention - Save the Date
- Chapters - Northern CaliforniaSteve Koppich
- Yōkai: Things That Go Bump in the Night …David Butsumyo
- On the ContinentHugues Vuillefroy de Silly, with Max Rutherston
- AUCTIONS
Galerie ZackeDieuwke Eijer
Bonhams SkinnerEd McNiff - Gama Sennin - The Toad ImmortalChristopher Beamer
- In Memoriam
Cover: Ghost of Otsuyu from "Botan Dōrō" (The Peony Lantern). Wood netsuke. Signed Tametaka, Edo period. (see page 6)
Winter 2023
Volume 43 | Number 4
- President's Letter
- Boston Convention Bulletin
- Chapters
- Museum News from Japan: 2023 Golden Netsuke AwardsBanra Wendy Makino
- Early Netsuke Collectors, Part IIIGiovanni Rimondi
- A Most Unusual Dual Function Carving by KokusaiMilton Stratos
- Baron Takei Morimasa, 1842–1926: The Rescuer of Thousands of Items of Japanese HeritageElsa and Heinz Kress
- On the ContinentMax Robertson
- Missing Netsuke
Cover: Kan’u stroking his beard, signed Atokama.