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The Yomiuri Shimbun Princess Hisako, the widow of Prince Takamado, right, and Princess Akiko of Mikasa look at netsuke accessories on display at the Prince Takamado Collection of Netsuke at the Tokyo National Museum on Monday.
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.
