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Short documentary, made in cooperation with the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, featuring 'netsuke', Japanese purse toggles carved for everyday use, in all their fancifulness, fantasy and beauty, as examples of a highly developed popular art from Japan in past centuries.

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Nico Crama Films

Title: Netsuke
Year: 1961
Duration : 12 minutes
Category: Short Documentary
Edition: NFF 2004

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