Technique and Beauty　The World of Iwami Netsuke

Information

［Period］　9 May 2025(Friday) – 18 August 2025(Monday)

［Opening Hours］　9:30-18:00（Admission ends 30 mins. before closing time）

［Closed Days］　Tuesdays(Open on August 12)

［Venue］　Gallery B

Exhibition Outline

The subjects of netsuke include playful themes and wishes for good omens, which shows the tastes of the Edo people who chose auspicious items for their ornaments. “Iwami netsuke” are netsuke made by Iwao Shimizu (Tomiharu I) and his family based in Gotsu City, Shimane Prefecture, in the late Edo period. This exhibition will display items from the museum’s collection as well as the collection donated to Gotsu City Makoto Shichida(1929-2009), an Iwami netsuke collector from Gotsu City, and will focus on the meaning and expression of each Iwami netsuke subject. (38 works to be exhibited)

Tomiharu, Crab on Abalone, 1795

Admission Fee

Currency：Yen

※( ) indicates group rates for 20 or more people