Possible Clues:

• Small kimono fastener
• Carved Japanese toggle
• Final directions about this country's carved ornaments
• Japanese clasp
• Carved ornament unexpectedly set in explosive device
• Obi toggle
• Small carved object on a Japanese costume
• Gathers stringed instrument is a Japanese speciality
• Ornament in unusual set collected by cook
• Japanese carving wins over nobleman, though not at first