Vintage Small Kokeshi Doll - Girl With Red Loop - Art Dolls - Japanese Wood - Black Hair - 5.1" selling - 1980-90s

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Object: Vintage Kokeshi doll
Category: Figurines
Materials: Japanese wood
Color / s: Wood colors, black, red and white
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Dimensions:
Height approx. 5.1" (13 cm)
Head diameter approx. 2.7" (7 cm)
Base diameter approx. 1.5"(4 cm)
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Country of manufacture: Japan
Year of manufacture: 1980 to 90s
Backstory: Kokeshi
Kokeshi (Japanese こ け し, 小 芥子) are a traditional, handcrafted toy characteristic of Japan. These are figures turned from fruit tree wood, which have a greatly simplified form, and represent girls. As a rule, they have a cylindrical body with no recognizable extremities and a rounded oval head. They are painted with simple colors, some with round ornaments, some with floral motifs. The main colors are red and black. The faces are also highly stylized. Each artisan has his own, typical form, as well as a typical painting and provides his work with a signature on the foot of the figure. To protect the colors, Kokeshi are given a fine wax coating.
They originally came from northern Japan, the Tohoku region. Today the city of Sendai is known as the "Kokeshi capital".

In recent years the traditional forms have become rarer. They are increasingly being replaced by industrially manufactured figures, which have a significantly different language selling of form.

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Condition / defects: Very good used condition. From Japan.


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