Kyoto Seishu Netsuke Art Museum

This is Japan’s first museum dedicated to netsuke. Netuke are small, intricately carved ornamental toggles that originated in Japan during the Edo period. They were originally used to secure small containers (inrō) to the sash (obi) of a kimono. Made from various materials such as ivory, wood, and metal, netuke often feature detailed depictions of animals, mythological figures, or everyday scenes. You can learn about their history and evolution up to the present day.

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46-1 Mibu Kayagosho-cho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, Japan

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Marvel at the Intricate Beauty of Tiny Netsuke Art

The Kyoto Seimune Netsuke Museum is a museum specializing in netsuke. The museum exhibits 400 contemporary netsuke in a prestigious samurai residence, a tangible designated cultural property of Kyoto City. Visitors can also see a traditional Japanese building at the same time. Netsuke,” extremely small works of art,” fascinate people with the exquisiteness and coloring of their tiny carvings. This is a place that can also be recommended to foreign visitors.

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