| Wearing inro and netsuke became a part of the past for the upper classes and samurai. |
| It turns out that Fabergé owned some 500 netsuke, quite a few of which are visible in a photograph of his St Petersburg apartment in this show. |
| Wearing a netsuke became a status symbol, and its style and value indicated the position and wealth of the person who was wearing it. |
| Knowledge of reference books is therefore of great value when a rare netsuke is being sold for what appears to be a bargain price. |
| The netsuke with two openings for the string to pass, acted as a toggle to prevent the sagemono from slipping down from the obi. |
| Equally intriguing is Shichifukujin, a netsuke of a peach carved out of boxwood that opens to reveal the stone inside. |
