The European Chapter of the International Netsuke Society

The various emotions of mankind-joy, anger, grief, pleasure-appear readily both on their faces and their forms. Birds, beasts, insects, fish (and especially humans) have their own peculiar spirit.

Hanshu Sanjin

The Kokusai Monument

Nori Watanabe

Mr. Isaku Ozaki is proud of his grandfather Koyo, who was a famous novelist in the Meiji Period. But he knew very little about his great-grandfather Kokusai until ten years ago. Koyo was apparently ashamed of his father being a jester as well as a carver, so he told almost nothing about Kokusai, not only to his friends and acquaintances but even to his children as well. Koyo’s wife Kiku, born as a daughter of a medical doctor and raisd in a rigorous and disciplined family, also did not like her eccentric father-in-law. She looked after her grandson Isaku and other grandchildren after their father had passed away very young at the age of thirty-six. Mr. Ozaki says he does not remember that his grandmother even mentioned the name of Kokusai to him.

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London Netsuke Symposium 2010 UPDATE!

Plans for the symposium are progressing well and November 5th is getting steadily closer.  Over half the places have already been reserved and we are now able to furnish you with more details of our programme.

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London Netsuke Symposium

We are delighted to send you details of the London Netsuke Symposium 2010, which will be held to coincide with the annual Asian Art in London week.

The symposium will be held at Dartmouth House in Charles Street, Mayfair,  home of the English Speaking Union. The ESU is a private club and we will have sole use of the first floor for all four days, as well as the ground floor at the weekend. A buffet lunch will be provided daily except Monday by Leith's catering. We will have a full programme of lectures and workshops by  familiar and less familiar speakers and hopefully some presentations that will provoke lively discussion and general participation. In the afternoons you will be able to browse the exhibitions of participating UK and international dealers.

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Exhibition in TAMPERE, Finland

22 April 2010 – 9 January 2011

Catalogue available in two languages from the opening onwards at the Museum, one in English and one in Finnish, both hardbound, 368 pages, all in colour. Index, glossary and extensive bibliography.

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