Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight into Beauty by Sōetsu Yanagi Netsuke It has a hole in

It has a hole in one end for attaching a string

creating a refined and balanced composition typical of traditional Japanese sword fittings

leaving the upper body and most of the sleeves in unbroken plain ground

Rustic Village

while the mountings reflect Edo-period cultural taste in symbolic ornament

Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight into Beauty by Sōetsu Yanagi Netsuke It has a hole inTitle: The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight into Beauty Subtitle: A Japanese Insight into Beauty Author: Setsu Yanagi ( , Yanagi Setsu) Adapted by: Bernard Leach Foreword by: Shji Hamada (revised edition) Publisher: Kodansha International, Tokyo New York Publication Date: First edition 1972; revised edition 1989; 2013 reprint Edition: Printing: Format: Paperback (1989 2013) Hardcover (1972 first edition) Pages: 232 (230 pp. in first edition)