Mid-18th-century netsuke (a small and often intricately carved toggle used to fasten a small container to a kimono sash) portrays a tengu (a Japanese mythological bird) emerging from a giant egg. © D. Finnin/AMNH
Mid-18th-century netsuke (a small and often intricately carved toggle used to fasten a small container to a kimono sash) portrays a tengu (a Japanese mythological bird) emerging from a giant egg. © D. Finnin/AMNH