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Several amateurs gained distinction as carvers of masks, but no accurate list of their names has been preserved.

Belonging strictly to the category of costume, but elevated to the rank of art-products by the beauty of their workmanship and the wealth of fancy lavished on their modelling and ornamentation, the netsuke, ojime, kagami-buta, kana-mono, and kuda-kusari must be accorded a high place in any account of Japanese sculpture. The dress of the Japanese having no pockets, except the recesses of the sleeves, which could not be used for anything heavy, it has been the