A vintage postcard from the early 1940s.
Traditional kokeshi dolls. Japan. Image via Pinterest
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Man mag seinen Augen kaum trauen, aber Lulu Hashimoto sieht tatsächlich aus wie eine fleischgewordene Puppe. Die sogenannte Living doll ist eine Kreation der Modedesignerin Hitomi Komaki. Für die 23-Jährige sind Puppen der Inbegriff von Niedlichkeit und so entwarf sie eine Perücke, eine Puppenmaske und das richtige Outfit, um ihre geliebten Puppen zum Leben zu erwecken.
‘Forbidden Fruit,’ by doll artist Mari Shimizu. Fantasy doll maker Mari Shimizu hails from Amakusa, Kumamoto Japan where after graduating from Tama Art University, she dedicated herself to creating and photographing her intricate ball-joint dolls. Shimizu is deeply inspired by the Surrealist movement, especially Nazi-hating Dadaist, photographer Hans Bellmer whose scandalous work often incorporated dolls. Here are a few words from Bellmer on his artistic approach that appear to directly align to Shimizu’s ethos: The body resembles a sentence that seems to invite us to dismantle it into its component letters, so that its true meaning may be revealed ever anew through an endless stream of anagrams. Shimizu carves openings in her dead-eyed dolls in order to provide the viewer insight into the inner-workings of her inanimate creations. Themes that run through her work include mythology, religion, death and nature in which rabbits are common themes. Rabbits are symbolic for a myriad of reasons and perhaps as it pertains to Shimizu’s work is how the rabbit is regarded as an “Earth” symbol—as it is the earthly aspect of its existence that allows the animal to retain its composure in the midst of chaos. Rabbits are also...
© copyrighted image; all rights reserved. Kokeshi doll – Izumino (Spring Field) | And so they were five. Well, my wife's Kokeshi doll collection is growing. The new arrival came today fresh from Tokyo, Japan. Window light from camera right and from behind the camera. A large silver reflector was camera left.
‘Forbidden Fruit,’ by doll artist Mari Shimizu. Fantasy doll maker Mari Shimizu hails from Amakusa, Kumamoto Japan where after graduating from Tama Art University, she dedicated herself to creating and photographing her intricate ball-joint dolls. Shimizu is deeply inspired by the Surrealist movement, especially Nazi-hating Dadaist, photographer Hans Bellmer whose scandalous work often incorporated dolls. Here are a few words from Bellmer on his artistic approach that appear to directly align to Shimizu’s ethos: The body resembles a sentence that seems to invite us to dismantle it into its component letters, so that its true meaning may be revealed ever anew through an endless stream of anagrams. Shimizu carves openings in her dead-eyed dolls in order to provide the viewer insight into the inner-workings of her inanimate creations. Themes that run through her work include mythology, religion, death and nature in which rabbits are common themes. Rabbits are symbolic for a myriad of reasons and perhaps as it pertains to Shimizu’s work is how the rabbit is regarded as an “Earth” symbol—as it is the earthly aspect of its existence that allows the animal to retain its composure in the midst of chaos. Rabbits are also...
This is one of those things you might never believe if somebody told you, and yet even when faced with the evidence in photos, video, or Google Maps, you find yourself questioning reality (and maybe shaking off a serious case of the heebie jeebies). Welcome to Nagoro, a small village tucked into the valleys of Shikoku, Japan, a place where old residents are being replaced by life-sized dolls. More
Film: Fuji FP-100C; Camera: Mamiya RB67 Pro-S 127mm w/#1 tube
Little cutie hand tinted post card from Japan.
Hakata Dolls: read an introduction to the art of making Hakata Dolls, an historic tradition of the city of Fukuoka.
kengo kuma invited ronan and erwan bouroullec to participate in his east japan project, asking the duo to develop an object that expressed the savoir faire of the region.
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victorian paperdolls
Hina-nagashi (by maggot) this reminds me of the doll from Paprika O.O
Two Japanese girls in 1905, hand coloured photograph, S. N. Banshiudo
In This Abandoned Japanese Village, The Life-Size Dolls Outnumber The People
Here are our collection of paper dolls and paper men that my daughters and I have created for our World History studies, Social Studies, Unit Studies, as well as for re-enacting Shakespeare plays, …
Yuki Atae, one of Japan's most prominent doll makers, creates unique figures out of fabric -- many of them depicting Japanese children from the early 20th century -- not just for kids but for adults who may have forgotten their childhood days.
It's Like Knitting Anime
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This was the second project I did with my Grade 7's during our "Art of Japan" unit. They designed their own kimono using a version of a...
