Princess Hisako views netsuke accessory exhibit starting in Tokyo

The Yomiuri Shimbun

14:01 JST, November 15, 2022

Princess Hisako, the widow of Prince Takamado, attended the opening ceremony of an exhibition dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the prince’s passing at the Tokyo National Museum in Taito Ward, Tokyo, on Monday.

The Prince Takamado Collection of Netsuke, which is being held at the museum’s Heiseikan Thematic Exhibition Room, is open to the public from Tuesday through Dec. 25.

The exhibition displays 500 netsuke fasteners shaped like animals, food and other items. The fasteners were collected by Prince Takamado and his wife before his death 20 years ago on Nov. 21.