Netsuke, toggle of ivory

This ivory netsuke is of a man planing wood inside the section of a barrel. A netsuke is used to fasten an inro, a small lacquered container, which hung from the sash of a man's kimono. They became miniature art forms in their own right.

This netsuke of a man making a barrel is reminiscent of one of Hokusai's prints in which Mt Fuji is seen through the barrel. The man is planing the inside. The cord would have to be passed through the netsuke as there are no special holes, himetoshi.

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