The Go Collection of Netsuke. Tokyo National Museum

This is "THE BOOK" on Netsuke! It is unique in that it is written by a netsuke carver himself!, Masatoshi. He shares how it all began with caring for his father's tools, preparing carving materials, to finding his own ideas. And the 378 color plates found in this 240 page add to the joy of reading and perhaps learning from it.