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Cable Netsuke Hoyos (himotoshi)
When most Japanese netsuke netsuke collecting old certainly face a lot of modern copies, usually have two power connecting holes (known as himotoshi), but one will be much larger than the other!
The netsuke was a piece of manipulation, I was on a string to a compartment (sagemon), often it was a Inro (a case of several compartments), which is kept closed by a cord with cable (Ojima) between the inro and netsuke. The kimono had no pockets so the inro is dangling the band kimono (obi), the netsuke was then pushed up the band, which capturing and holding the sagemon in place.
The reason for the larger hole in the netsuke was that once the cable had been going through the inro (Or sagemon) and Ojima (the netsuke then it would have been the last thread) was possible to completely hide one and only cable knot inside the larger hole.
So the way the smaller hole with the larger hole was very well-formed link, gentle curve that was easy to thread the cable through. Often the larger hole is dug further below the surface, to provide enough space for the knot.
The Manju, often used in place of a netsuke, there was also plenty of space to hide the knot inside the opening of the two sections.
In my personal opinion, but there are some very fine netsuke was based on that is inserted through a tail, or leg, instead of having the himotoshi usual, there was then a major drawback in the use, as there was anyway to hide the knot of the umbilical cord.
Another important factor is the position of himotoshi such, were always placed so that like the cable hanging down, the netsuke carving is presented attractively and in the correct position. But, these cable holes were also placed so that no detrimental for any of the detailed carving.
Many of the poor quality after netsuke (these were never used, but were actually made simply to capitalize on the increasing value of netsuke) are often easy to detect. When inspecting a netsuke if the two holes are equal in size and poorly formed (often these are just two drilled holes at an angle known), then you can be sure that this is not a good netsuke!
Unfortunately you can no longer rely solely on judging the himotoshi to identify a modern copy, as some now have smaller holes and larger, especially copies of recent resin netsuke.
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John N. Cohen A past director of Jacey Cinemas Ltd. Later the proprietor of a design & photographic studio, now a director of Jacey Homes Ltd., a property development company. Interests and Hobbies: A top international award winning photographer who also became a well known Asian antiques collector and an enthusiast of Jensen British classic cars. Other interests are skiing and Salsa dancing.
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