Okimono

Okimono (置物 oki-mono^[1]?) is a Japanese term meaning "ornament for display; objet d'art; decorative object", typically displayed in a tokonoma "alcove" or butsudan "Buddhist altar".

The Japanese word okimono compounds oku 置く "put; place; set; lay out" and mono 物 "thing; object; article".

An okimono may be a small Japanese carving, similar to, but larger than netsuke.

Unlike netsuke, which had a specific purpose, okimono were purely decorative and were displayed in the tokonoma. During the Meiji period many okimono were made for export to the west.

Netsuke (根付^?) are miniature sculptures that were invented in 17th-century Japan to serve a practical function. Traditional Japanese garments—robes called kosode and kimono—had no pockets; however, men who wore them needed a place to store their personal belongings, such as pipes, tobacco, money, seals, or medicines.