High quality Kyoohoo Japanese Kokeshi Doll Mebuki Green (k12-4318)

Kyoohoo Japanese Kokeshi Doll Mebuki Green (k12-4318)

The kokeshi is Japanese handcraft.
The Mebuki put in high quality green wooden bowl.
The picture of some blooms and horsetail is painted the body.
Mebuki means sprout in spring.The doll is like a bloom in green sepal.
It makes carefull and craftperson is Masae Fujikawa.
He has many great work in kokeshi.

Kokeshi Dolls are major dolls in Japan which are made from wood.
Their origin was in Edo era (1603A.D. - 1867A.D.) as souvenirs for the injured at hotsprings.
Since then kokeshi craftsmen's skills to make grains and paint was so developed that kokeshis became ornamental dolls.

Material/Wood
W9/D9/H14cm
made in Japan