Inro Handbook: Studies Of Netsuke, Inro, And Laquer
Raymond Bushell, attorney, collector, and netsuke authority, is known to netsuke collectors for his adaptation into English ofThe Netsuke Handbook of Ueda Reikichi,an important work on the subject. He is the author ofThe Wonderful World of Netsuke, An Introduction to Netsuke, Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar, The Inro Handbook, The Art of Netsuke Carving,andCollectors' Netsuke.He is also a frequent contributor of articles toArts of Asia, The Journal of International Netsuke Collectors,andThe Netsuke Kenkyukai Study Journal.He arrived in Japan with the American occupation forces in 1945 and lived there until 1990 practicing law, collecting, and studying netsuke, inro, and sword furnishings.