Appearance: FFXII
A dragon netsuke
Hands up those of you who already knew what a netsuke was? Not too many, right? And how many more remembered this accessory from Final Fantasy XII which doubled the efficiency of healing items?
Netsuke, pronunciation here, serve the very mundane function of a toggle on a pouch. As many of you probably guessed, the word is Japanese. Japanese traditional dress is somewhat devoid of pockets but people still need to carry stuff like money or tobacco snuff around. Netsuke first appeared around the 17th century and soon developed into an elaborate art form. With the growing popularity of Western attire in the late 1800s and their accompanying pockets the need for netsuke began to wane. Netsuke are still produced today as purely works of art.
Pheasants and other animals were among the many things depicted on netsuke.
If you are interested in the different types of netsuke check out the International Netsuke Society
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