Netsuke in the form of a hut

Netsuke in the form of a hut is held by Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe. Museum description: The cylindrical netsuke carved from wood is designed in the form of a hut made of palm trees.

People who inhabit the hut appear in individual panels. A "netsuke" (pronounced netske) is a toggle with two holes for the cord passage. It was loosely fastened to the Japanese obi (= belt) as a counterpart to a so-called "inro" and was thus part of the traditional Japanese clothing that was part of the kimono. Wealthy merchants, artists and craftsmen carried their seal, their stamping ink, and later also their medicine in the accompanying pouch, the inro.

Netsuke frequently relate in their design to Japanese poetry and mythology. From the 17th century through to contemporary carvings, the almost inexhaustible wealth of motifs in netsuke reflects Japan's earthly world in nature and society, but also everything tra The museum record gives measurements height: 2.35 cm, width: 3.3 cm, depth: 2.7 cm (total). These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.