2009
Spring
Volume 29, No.1
Summer
Volume 29, No.2
Fall
Volume 29, No.3
Winter
Volume 29, No.4
Spring 2009
Volume 29, Number 1
- New York Convention Bulletin
- Vice-President's Letter
- Letters
- Chapters
- Questions & Answers
- Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Fine Inro Netsuke, and One Statue
- Tsuishu from a Daimyo Grave
- The Centennial Sennin
- From the Outside Looking In
- The Armchair Collector
- A Puppy Netsuke by Komin with Kao
- Netsuke Basics from A to Z
- An Unusual Netsuke
- Auctions
- On the Continent
- Book Reviews
- Memoriam
Cover: Netsuke by Ryushi, "The Letter." Bijin with Letter Kneeling on Cushion, polychromed ivory, private Japanese collection. At the International Netsuke Society Convention in New York City (July 2-6, 2009), Ryushi will be the inaugural recipient of the Society's Bronze Hakutaku Award, bestowed upon that person who is chosen to be netsuke's Greatest Living International Treasure.
Members click here to read onlineSummer 2009
Volume 29, Number 2
- New York Convention Bulletin
- President's Letter
- Letters
- Chapters
- Questions & Answers
- Lost in Plain View: A Noteworthy 19th Century Netsukeshi, All But Invisible
- Inrō Made in Kyoto, 350 Years Ago
- A New Year's Gift
- A Remarkable Sansukumi
- The Work of Ryo Kawara (Kawahara): Part 1
- From the Outside Looking In
- Netsuke Happenings: The Case of the Twin Christ-Figures
- Netsuke Basics from A to Z
- Auctions
Cover: Hotei with mask teasing a child. Ivory, 19th C. Allegedly to be falsely signed Masanao (see p. 16).
Fall 2009
Volume 29, Number 3
- President's Letter
- Convention Post-Script
- Chapters
- Questions & Answers
- An Ema Tablet Depicting Inrō and Netsuke by Suzuki Masayoshi, dated 1760
- The Work of Ryo Kawara (Kawahara) Part 2
- Whose Dog Is It?
- Unusual Animal and Bird Configurations in Netsuke
- From the Outside Looking In
- A Big Question to "The Question of Authenticity"
- Netsuke Basics from A to Z
- Auctions
- Book Reviews
- Memoriam
- New York Convention Photos
Cover: Ishikawa Kōmei. Monkey. Ivory. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection. Photograph © 2009 Museum Associates / LACMA. (See p. 45)
Winter 2009
Volume 29, Number 4
- President's Letter
- Financial Report
- Letters
- Chapters
- Questions & Answers
- Momotaro—The Peach Boy
- Netsuke Basics from A to Z: J & K
- Rakuchu: A Neoclassical Netsuke Carver
- Tall and Slim: Depiction of Beautiful Women and the Seven Sages in late 18th century Japan
- The Armchair Collector: Genjoraku or Ryujin?
- Guajian, Chinese Toggles: Netsuke’s Newest Old Frontier
- Auctions: Bluette H. Kirchhoff Collection
- Auctions: Eldred's
- On the Continent
- Memoriam
Cover: Kanzan and Jittoku. See p. 16.