The Embassy of Japan is hosting a stunning collection of over two hundred netsuke gathered from a number of private collections in Europe and the World Museum, Liverpool until 31 May. Most of the pieces have never been on public display before, including a certain small ivory hare.
Edmund de Waal’s family memoir, The Hare With Amber Eyes, told through the history of a collection of netsuke, introduced a whole new audience to these marvels of Japanese craftsmanship and this exhibition offers the visitor the opportunity to see the eponymous hare for the first time seen alongside other remarkable examples of Edo- and Meiji-period netsuke.
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