The Ultimate Netsuke Bibliography is a comprehensive bibliography of more than 4,400 bibliographic print and non-print entries covering all aspects of Japanese netsuke, the miniature carvings which Japanese men used to suspend various items from the sash belt that fastened their kimono. It is organized into 15 major and 5 minor categories. Each category is further divided into 11 subcategories. Additional features include four indices (Author, Journal, Place, and Subject), and a variety of appendices. It contains 2,196 books, 1,861 journal articles (457 from the Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal), 367 from the Journal of the International Netsuke Collectors Society 1,494 auction catalogs, 431 items in French, 254 items in Japanese, 60 items prior to 1900, including 9 auction catalogs. Includes most materials published through the end of 1998. A section of Late Arrivals, including last minute submissions and items in early 1999, is listed as well. This volume is a necessity for every netsuke collector, bibliophile, art library and museum.

Drawing from numerous individual collection, this catalog was published to coincide with the exhibition of netsuke, inro and sagemono at the Morikami Museu in conjunction with the 2007 International Netuske Society Convention. The Pieces displayed here are among the finest examples in private hands and certainly rival those of the wrld's major museum collections.

An introduction to the art of ojime, the most diminutive form of Japanese sculpture. Small, intricately carved beads, ojime were originally used to keep closed the container suspended from a toggle below the sash of a kimono. This book shows antique and contemporary ojime.