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Netsuke Geocoin, Copper, LE 100 - Geocoinfest 2010 Exclusive Version
Netsukes come from Japan and were used to attach objects to the kimono belt.
The coin is a replica of a netsuke in manjū (button) shape, similar to a geocoin, with the image of pond roses and a Koi (Japanese carp) in 3D optics and transparent blue enamel.
The coin was first released on the GCF (Geocoinfest) 2010 and is sold out.
Designer: Mike from Cache Addict
Netsuke (Japanese 根 付, the two Japanese characters ne+tsuke mean "root" and "to attach") are small carved figures that were invented in 17th-century Japan.
Traditional Japanese garments - robes called kosode and kimono - had no pockets; however, men who wore them needed a place to store their personal belongings, such as pipes, tobacco, money, seals, or medicines. Their solution was to place such objects in containers (called sagemono) hung by cords from the robes' sashes (obi). The containers may have been pouches or small woven baskets, but the most popular were beautifully crafted boxes (inrō), which were held shut by ojime, which were sliding beads on cords. Whatever the form of the container, the fastener that secured the cord at the top of the sash was a carved, button-like toggle called a netsuke.
Preferred material was originally burl wood, ivory, but also whale and walrus teeth, wood in particular boxwood, bamboo, stag horn, and others.
They emerged in the late 17th century with the rise of the bourgeoisie and lasted until the 1880s, when the kimono as an everyday piece of clothing was out of use. Today, the art lives on, and some modern works can command high prices in the UK, Europe, the USA, Japan and elsewhere. Inexpensive yet faithful reproductions are available in museums and souvenir shops.
Mythological figures were portrayed in particular the Seven Lucky Gods, animals, flowers, fruits, as well as objects and scenes from everyday life. One of the famous Netsuke carvers (Netsukeshi) was Masanao from the Kyoto school.
More information on Wikipedia.