Meaning of netsukes | Babel Free

Definitions

Pluriel de netsuké.

Equivalents

Examples

“Some apology, I feel, is due from one who has never been in Japan for venturing to write about netsukes.”

“[…] they have gone into the galleries to see the Japanese paintings, lacquered boxes, netsukes, etc.”

“Netsukes were used by the Japanese as bobs or toggles in connection with a cord for suspending a tobacco pouch[…]”

“All the netsukes were there, imprisoned for so long. I had packed them in the empty box of my last new razor […]”

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