The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance

The definitive illustrated edition of the international bestseller

Two hundred and sixty-four Japanese wood and ivory carvings, none of them larger than a matchbox: Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection in his great-uncle Iggie�� Tokyo apartment. When he later inherited the netsuke, they unlocked a far more dramatic story than he could ever have imagined.

From a burgeoning empire in Odessa to fin de si癡cle Paris, from occupied Vienna to postwar Tokyo, de Waal traces the netsuke�� journey through generations of his remarkable family against the backdrop of a tumultuous century. With sumptuous photographs of the netsuke collection and full-color images from de Waal�� family archive, the illustrated edition of The Hare with Amber Eyes transforms a deeply intimate saga into a work of visual art.