It was always Regina’s plan during her trip to Kyoto to spend some time in the narrow wooden streets of Gion. There, she finds herself drawn to the tiniest antiques shop on Shinmonzen-dori, where she discovers a collection of netsuke that will stay with her for a lifetime…
From Fireworks and Other Illuminations © Miriam Cohen, p.16 —
“The first item Regina points at is a kagamibuta netsuke she spotted on her first entrance…
…After that everything goes as smoothly as in a dream…”
Featured in this short video are the very pieces described in the novel — part of my own collection. Each miniature carving tells its own story: a kagamibuta symbolizing the value of idle time, seven gods united in a single mountain, Kitsune the trickster, Oni demons at leisure, a weary lady samurai…
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