Japanese Dolls

Welcome! This blog is mainly about traditional Japanese dolls, including kokeshi, kimekomi dolls, hakata dolls, and washi dolls, among others. I'll also post information about netsuke, various Japanese crafts, and vintage Japanese dolls from time to time. Additionally, I'm someone who's just interested in Japanese dolls as opposed to an expert, so please feel free to correct me if I get things wrong. Enjoy! :-D

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A Tanabata-themed tenugui (a traditional type of hand towel) made with the chusen dyeing technique.

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Happy Girls Day(Hina Matsuri) 🎎　This is called “Satsuma-itobina” that traditional crafts of Girls day in Kagoshima. 今日はひな祭りです。鹿児島には「薩摩糸びな」という伝統工芸品があるのを知ってますか？ 顔がなく、竹1本が本体で色鮮やかな和紙などが使われているのが特徴です。

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Large Blue Daruma Doll at Daruma-dera Temple | Kyoto, Japan by Goat Tree Designs Via Flickr: Free to use when crediting to www.goattreedesigns.com with a do-follow hyper link. Large blue daruma doll at Horinji Temple in Kyoto, Japan. The temple has so many daruma dolls on display that is often to referred to as Daruma-dera in Kyoto, and as Daruma-dera temple among westerners. Dera is an iteration of tera, which means temple.

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A cute maneki neko from Aizu Wakamatsu in Fukushima Prefecture. This cat is made from paulownia sawdust, which gives the piece a fuzzy-looking texture.

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A kimekomi gogatsu ningyou, or doll for Children’s Day/Tango no Sekku (formerly known as Boys’ Day) wearing a kabuto helmet.

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Grazing horse, Unknown Japanese, early 19th century, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Japanese and Korean Art

flat and rectangular in shape; horse with head bent down to ground to proper right side of front legs; tail curved around back of body Size: 2 1/8 x 1 ¼ x 1/2in. (5.4 x 3.2 x 1.3cm) Medium: Ivory

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/30381/

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A pair of kimekomi hina dolls in costumes with woven and embroidered cherry blossom designs.

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Two sets of hina dolls on display in Takahama, Gifu Prefecture. According to the original photographer, GP Witteveen, the set on the left is from 1965, while the set on the right is from 1910 (minus the two ceramic hina dolls on the fifth tier, I assume).

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A video that summarizes how Mataro kimekomi dolls are made.

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三重県　伊勢市　賓日館　おひなさまめぐり　Mie Hinjitsukan Hinamatsuri

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Date: February 27,2019 at Seto-yashiki( 瀬戸屋敷 ) in Kaisei-cho, Kanagawa  Prefecture, Japan.

Hina-matsuri(ひなまつり),  Limited time(2/16~3/3, 2019)

2019.2/27  神奈川県足柄上郡開成町の瀬戸屋敷にて(ひな祭り)

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A blue oni kimekomi doll.

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籐細工の吊るし雛（全景） by M.Toma Via Flickr: 下が見切れてしまいました。リサイズなしでアップロードします。 Please look the FULL size image.

Tsurushibina decorations made from rattan.

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New Year Ikebana

Despite the cold, the sunshine on January 1st filled our bedroom with a glorious light that made the new year flowers and my Watanabe Masao kokeshi glow.

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Kuribayashi Issetsu Kokeshi

A recently acquired kokeshi couple from the artist Kuribayashi Issetsu (栗林一雪). He was active through the 1960s into the late 1990s, and these are part of his early style.

The woodworking is remarkable, and the fine details in his brush work is exquisite. The subtle carving and inlaid enamel painting for their kimono adds a level of detail, many times above the typical plain finished, more commercial kokeshi.

We’re very happy to have them in our small collection. 

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あけまして

おめでとう

ございます

HAPPY

NEW

YEAR

2021

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Sorry, realized I made a mistake in yesterday's post and it's been corrected. If you see any mistakes in my posts, please feel free to let me know!