Netsuke Resources Online Page 2
Netsuke is a very informative and interesting netsuke site created by Ko Baas, a netsuke enthusiast from the Netherlands.
Netsuke Message Boardis a forum for netsuke collectors.
The netsuke and inro in the permanent collection of the Seattle Art Museum are outstanding. To take a look, click here. Then enter "netsuke" or "inro" in the search box, and you'll be taken to the photographs.
World Imagesprovides access to the California State University IMAGE project, a collection of more than 60,000 images. Enter "netsuke" or "inro" (or whatever you're looking for) in the search box on the home page, and you'll be rewarded with a selection of photographs of these objects from collections around the world.
"Fake" (reproduction) netsuke were appraised on an episode of the PBS television program Antiques Roadshow. You can see the video here.
I've organized an online netsuke gallery at the Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Museum. View netsuke.
Japanese Netsuke, Ojime and Inro Really Belong Together, by John N. Cohen, is one of a number articles written by this well-known collector. See more of his articles here, or look at photographsof some of the pieces in his collection.
The Netsuke Online Research Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study and research of netsuke art through the Netuske Online Research Project.
Online netsuke gallery at the Bolton Museum and Archive Service.
Kunstpedia is a knowledge base on fine- and decorative arts, popularly stated arts and antiques, with the exception of contemporary art. John N. Cohen, of The Cohen Collection fame, is one of the authors who has contributed to the site.
If you would like to see a large collection of netuske photographs, visit Netsuke: Exquisite Art Craft from Japan. The photographs are grouped by material (e.g. wood, mammoth ivory). Some ojime are included as well.
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has an extraordinary Asian collection that includes a number of beautiful netsuke and inro. To see them, you can search their Asian collection - just type "netsuke" in the search box.
At the Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, MA) you'll find a nice collection of 19th and early 20th century netsuke, and you can save it in an online folder if you like. On the home page, click on "Artscape" and register (or sign in, if you're already registered). Then scroll through the Collections menu, click on Japanese art, enter netuske in the search box, and the netsuke collection slide show will appear.
If you are a serious collector and want to learn about netsuke, inro and related auctions and prices, take advantage of Artfact.com, which has an offer for one year of free access to Artfact Live. With this, you'll be able to search more than 4 million prices and photographs in one of the world's best auction databases.
Sterling Sculptures from sculptor Tom Sterling presents netsuke information and resources.
Janel Jacobson's Internet Gallery of Small Sculptures, Netsuke and Ojime features the artist's work, along with interviews, publications, and other information.
Netsuke Now is a blog by carver Freda Kvesic.
