Editing Netsuke (section)

== In popular culture ==
* {{transliteration|ja|Netsuke}} are a central theme in ''[[The Hare with Amber Eyes]]'', a 2010 memoir by British ceramic artist [[Edmund de Waal]]. The book traces the history of a collection of 264 {{transliteration|ja|netsuke}}—some of them by well-known craftsmen—which were taken to France in the late 19th century, and purchased by a wealthy art collector who was a member of the Jewish [[Ephrussi family]]. They were passed down through the family's Vienna branch, where a family servant kept them hidden during the [[Holocaust]] when the Nazis confiscated the family's other possessions. In 1947, the {{transliteration|ja|netsuke}} were taken back to Japan by an heir who went to live in Tokyo.
* In episode 6 season 4 of [[Downton Abbey]]; Newley hired gardener ‘Young Peg’ is accused of stealing the Dowager Countess’ {{transliteration|ja|netsuke}} that was gifted to the late Lord Grantham by the Swedish King. The countess is shamed by cousin Isobel of being only worried about “Things! Things!”. The netsuke is later retrieved by a housemaid and Young Peg is re-hired.  
* A 2019 episode of [[Bob's Burgers]] entitled "The Helen Hunt" features a {{transliteration|ja|netsuke}} in the role of a [[MacGuffin]]; the Belcher family spends the episode searching for one hidden in an old apartment building in an effort to set Teddy up with rich heiress Helen.
* In 1995 Season 3 Episode 4 of the popular TV show Frasier, Niles finds out from the radio station boss Kate that the netsuke exhibit that’s in town is not showing the “really rare pieces” on account of they weren’t let out of Japan.