This doll
is only about 3 inches high. You can see the panels of "armor" with woven
thread, the silk ties on his trousers, and the wonderful expression of
his face.
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This sweet boy is made
by the same methods, but how different the effect!
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| These jolly little fellows are actors,
or at least characters in plays. The one with the red hair is Syojo, a
spirit with a taste for sake--he holds his bowl out for more. The white-haired
one is the "lion dancer" of the Kabuki play--he is about 6 1/2 inches tall.
Dolls like these are often made as an amateur craft, from kits. |
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This charming little boy
is only about 4 inches high. Although he has a kimekomi body instead of
the round gofun-covered body of a Gosho doll, he has the shape and the
courtly quality of a Gosho. He may have been part of a Girls' Day set.
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These are Izumeki dolls--babies
in baskets. Soemtimes these dolls are quite elaborate, with rattles and
toys attached to their kimekomi-in-a-basket "beds" (which can be mistaken
for pincushions). This pair are part of a set of four babies whose
kimekomi beds suggest the colors of the four seasons.
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