Definitions For Netsuke

Noun

NETSUKE (plural s or netsuke) A small, often collectible, artistic carving characterized by an opening or two small holes (紐通し, tr=himotōshi), most commonly made of wood or ivory, used as a fob at the end of a cord attached to a suspended pouch containing pens, medicines, or tobacco. Netsuke originated in feudal Japan in the late 16th and 17th centuries.

Translations

Arabic: {{t-needed, ar}} Bengali: {{t-needed, bn}} Chinese: : Mandarin: 根付 (gēnfù, sc=Hani) French: netsuke, m German: Netsuke, n Hindi: {{t-needed, hi}} Japanese: 根付 (ねつけ, netsuke), 根付け (ねつけ, netsuke, sc=Jpan) Korean: 네쓰케, sc=Kore Persian: {{t-needed, fa}} Portuguese: netsuke, m Russian: {{qualifier, indeclinable}} нэ́цкэ, n, {{qualifier, indeclinable}} нэ́цукэ, n, {{qualifier, indeclinable}} нэ́цке, n Urdu: {{t-needed, ur}} Welsh: netswce, m

Etymology

image:kokei's dog shaped netsuke.jpg, thumb, 250px, a dog-shaped netsuke. From {{etyl, ja, en}} 根付, tr=netsuke. Literally 根, tr=ne, , root + 付け, tr=tsuke, , attach.