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Gosho-Ningyo

Round-headed, portly, and delightfully looking boy-dolls, which quite often portray a hero or a mythological figure from a No- or Kabuki-drama. These very special dolls always had been popular presents of the lords (daimyo) visiting the shogun or emperor. Gosho-Ningyos were kept in a  special room, the Gosho (= respectable place).
 

Kimekomi-Ningyo

Round-headed, portly boy-dolls, first carved out of willow, later on moulded from a wooden mass, provided with deep grooves, and valuably dressed in silk and brocade. The first Kimekomi dolls were made end of the 18th century. The elegantly dressed little noblemen and gods, mostly portrayed after lucky figures, were used as talismen.
 

KIMEKOMI-NINGYO

KIMEKOMI-NINGYO

NI 8353

NI 8553

Imperial couple (Dairibina)

Kimekomi royal court

Ichimatsu-Ningyo
Friendship and Toy Dolls

Called after a famous Kabuki actor from the 18th century. First made in Edo (Tokyo). They portray little Japanese girls and boys with their silk holiday kimonos. Rich people often let them make after the portraits of their children. Mostly they were kept in a glass box. Therefore they often look completely as good as new even after decades.
 

ICHIMATSU-NINGYO

NI 2657

Young girl

ICHIMATSU-NINGYO

ICHIMATSU-NINGYO

ICHIMATSU-NINGYO

NI 1534

NI 1634

NI 9953

Elegantly dressed girl

Girl with a Crêpe de Chine
silk kimono

Great Ichimatsu-Girl

Baby-Dolls (Osuari, Hai-Hai ...)
 

 BABY-DOLLS

 BABY-DOLLS

 BABY-DOLLS

NI 10253

NI 10453

NI 10853

Boy, lying on a pillow

Boy, lying under a pillow

Baby in a basket

 BABY-DOLLS

NI 10653

 Boy, lying on his stomach

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