2008
Spring 2008, Volume 28, No.1 - International Netsuke Society Journal
Spring
Volume 28, No.1
Summer 2008, Volume 28, No.2 - International Netsuke Society Journal
Summer
Volume 28, No.2
Fall 2008, Volume 28, No.3 - International Netsuke Society Journal
Fall
Volume 28, No.3
Winter 2008, Volume 28, No.4 - International Netsuke Society Journal
Winter
Volume 28, No.4

Spring 2008

Volume 28, Number 1
INS Journal Spring 2008 Issue - Volume 28, Number 1
  • Convention Bulletin
  • President's Letter
  • Chapters
  • Letters
  • Questions & Answers by Yukari Yoshida & Joseph Kurstin
  • Kiyohime & Anchin by Kazuko Nakanishi Ficara
  • Gyotai: Badge of Rank for Collectors? by Else and Heinz Kress
  • Netsuke Basics from A to Z: Cats by Christine Drosse
  • Matsuri: A Bridge to a Better Future by Christopher Beamer
  • The Survey of the Hermitage Museum's Netsuke Collection by Tatiana Nikolova
  • The Netsuke of Natasha Popova by Ross Nursey
  • Auctions by Douglas J. K. Wright
  • Stolen Inro

Cover: Dragonfly and grasshopper. Mammoth ivory by Natasha Popova. Collection of Ross Nursey. (See p. 45)

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Summer 2008

Volume 28, Number 2
INS Journal Summer 2008 Issue - Volume 28, Number 2
  • President's Letter
  • New York Convention Bulletin
  • Letters
  • Stolen Netsuke and Inro Recovered
  • Chapters
  • Questions & Answers by Yukari Yoshida & Joseph Kurstin
  • Chasing the Elusive Japanese Dragon by Daphne Lange Rosenzweig, Ph.D.
  • Netsuke Basics from A to Z by Christine Drosse
  • Tengu Netsuke by Pierre Jacquesson
  • The Opening of the Kyoto Seishu Netsuke Art Museum by Robert O. Kinsey
  • Kameyama or Kizan? by Max Rutherston
  • The Armchair Collector: Unusual Depictions of "The Dynamic Duo" by Richard Hieronymus
  • Birds of a Feather by Else and Heinz Kress
  • On the Continent by Gabor Wilhelm
  • Book Reviews
  • In Memoriam

Cover: Boxwood mask of karasu tengu. Signed Tenkaichi Deme Uman saku. Ex Behrens, ex Brockhaus. Collection of Pierre Jacquesson.

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Fall 2008

Volume 28, Number 3
INS Journal Fall 2008 Issue - Volume 28, Number 3
  • President's Letter
  • New York Convention Bulletin
  • Letters
  • Chapters
  • Questions & Answers by Yukari Yoshida & Joseph Kurstin
  • Netsuke Basics from A to Z by Christine Drosse
  • Early American Collector by David Bray
  • Menuki, Metalwork to Adorn Swords – and Inro by Else and Heinz Kress
  • Netsuke Enigma: Soken Kisho Artists by Neil K. Davey
  • The Armchair Collector: Kibidaijin by Richard Hieronymus
  • Auctions by Douglas J. K. Wright
  • On the Continent by Gabor Wilhelm
  • Memoriam

Cover: Elephant and attendant. Wood netsuke. Approx. 1800-1900. See p. 37.

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Winter 2008

Volume 28, Number 4
INS Journal Winter 2008 Issue - Volume 28, Number 4
  • President's Letter
  • New York Convention Bulletin
  • Letters
  • Chapters
  • Questions & Answers by Yukari Yoshida & Joseph Kurstin
  • Jikkan + Jûnishi = Êto by Kazuko Nakanishi Ficara
  • Netsuke in the Lanfranchi Collection of the Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan by Francesco Morena
  • The Question of Authenticity by Stanley Wertheim
  • Taming the Wild Bull by Else and Heinz Kress
  • The Meinertzhagen Kirin by Joseph Kurstin
  • Auctions
  • Netsuke Basics from A to Z by Christine Drosse
  • From the Outside Looking In: Ducking the Canards by Michael J. Strone
  • The Scottish Samurai by Jim Fowlie
  • Memoriam
  • Reviews

Cover: The Meinertzhagen Kirin. Unearthed from obscurity where it has lain for over half a century. Now in an American collection. See page 34.

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