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particularly suitable for gold lacquer inro, because the lacquer received no injury from contact with the netsuke.”

N.B. The term Kuwara-netsuke signifies round netsuke with smooth edges, commonly known in Japan as manju-netsuke, because of the resemblance its shape bears to a rice-dumpling (manju). Such netsuke are also called riusa, after the name of their originator.

N.B. This Shiugetsu is not to be confounded with the celebrated pupil of Sesshiu, who flourished in the 16th cent.

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