Past Event
Thursday, April 26, 2012, 1 p.m.
"Japanese Netsuke — Art in Miniature"
1450 El Prado, San Diego, 92101
Cost: Free - $12
"Originally used in Japan to secure objects carried by Japanese gentlemen to their obi (sash), netsuke became a way to show a man’s taste and wealth as the merchant class prospered in the 18th century." Marsha Vargas Handley, president of International Netsuke Society, offers brief history of netsuke and sagemono.