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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 1827974, member: 2844&quot;]It is a lovely, antique Japanese manju netsuke, made for local use.</p><p>Manjus are shaped like buttons but often slightly more puffy. They are called after Japanese rice cakes which have the same shape (minus toggle bit at the back).</p><p>Many manju netsuke were carved after one of the great fires of Edo, to have a quick replacement for the more elaborate netsuke lost in the fire.</p><p><br /></p><p>Manju netsuke are typical Japanese.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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