Since the traditional Japanese dress did not include pockets, items of daily use were carried in a variety of ways. One of the most highly decorative of these was the inro, a small compartmented container worn exclusively by men and suspended from the sash by a netsuke. This book is a study from the inro's appearance in the 1600s through to the twentieth century. It is a lavishly illustrated study of what may be the world's finest collection of inro and their netsuke, in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum. Cloth bound, color jacket, 128 pages, 100 color illustrations, only - $29.95.