Butler's
Maridon Museum is holding two netsuke programs on September 28;
one for children at 11:00 am, and
one for adults at 1:00 pm.
Netsuke (根付), Wikipedia says,
are miniature sculptures that were invented in 17th-century Japan to serve a practical function (the two Japanese characters ne+tsuke mean "root" and "to attach"). Traditional Japanese garments—robes called kosode and kimono—had no pockets; however, men who wore them needed a place to store their personal belongings, such as pipes, tobacco, money, seals, or medicines.
The cost for each is $5, and registration is required. The programs are led by local Japanese and history teacher
Dixie Lipnichan, and
attendees
will learn the history of the Netsuke, and about the folklore behind the carvings, they will visit the Maridon's wall of over 100 Netsuke, and make their own carving to take home.
The Maridon Museum of Asian Art is located at 322 N. McKean St. in downtown Butler, some 40 miles north of Pittsburgh (
map).
