Ojime Beads

These hand-carved boxwood beads are inspired by Antique Japanese Ojime. The Ojime bead is  the sliding bead on the cord of the Inro Box worn on the obi of the kimono. These Ojime are hand-carved by contemporary Chinese Master-Carvers, who take up to four hours to make each bead. They range in size from 3/4" to 1".  

Traditional kimonos had no pockets so Japanese men and women wore a compartmentalized box called an inro to carry medicine and other small personal items. The inro hung below the obi, a wide fabric kimono belt, on a double cord. 

Ojime Magical Jewels of Japan . . . by Robert O Kinsey

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  • Bunny Bead of Bunny Eating Grass Boxwood Netsuke Bead
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  • Indian Elephant Netsuke Bead
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  • Swan Button in the Ojime Beads Tradition
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  • Bird bead Boxwood Ojime Bead
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  • Mermaid Nursing Baby Mermaid Bead Ojime Bead
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  • Wolf Bead Wolf Cub Ojime Bead
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  • Mermaid Looking at Pearl Japanese Netsuke Bead
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  • Crouching Bunny Rabbit Netsuke Bead
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  • Circle Mermaid Netsuke Bead
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  • Bat Ball Button in the Ojime Tradition Hand-carved Boxwood
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  • Ammonite Ojime Bead hand carved Boxwood
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  • Bear bead Boxwood Ojime bead
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  • Dragon Gong Netsuke Boxwood Dragon Bead
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  • Alligator Ojime Bead
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  • Crab on Octopus Inro Box with Crab Ojime Bead and Crab Netsuke Bead
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  • Whale Ojime Bead
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  • Sheep Ojime Bead
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  • Pony Hand Carved Boxwood Ojime Bead
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  • Three Wise Monkeys Ojime Bead - Hear No Evil
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  • Turtle Netsuke Boxwood Bead
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