xvi, 482 pp. Illustrated with 53 color plates, with captions on tissue guards, and with hundreds of photographs and line illustrations in text. 11¼x7½, period full morocco, gilt-lettered, top edge gilt, decorative endpapers. Second Edition.

Brockhaus' monograph describes over 1000 individual netsuke, covering all the major forms: Okimono, Ojime, Sagemono, Manjo, Hako, and their history, mythology and workmanship. With a comprehensive indexed of artists and studios. The color plates show individual pieces lithographed on thick card stock. This is the premier reference work on netsuke, yet to be surpassed, and rare.