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The Edo Kimekomi doll is traditional craft item with horizontal grooves on its wooden body and intentional fissures alongside of these. This Mizuho Ichimatsu doll crafted by Akitaka Suzuki is hugely popular as gift for a celebration and as an interior decoration. The costume is tailored from carefully selected brocade such as pure silk and Nishijin brocade, making the doll's face look all the more adorable.
Explore Dan de Yungz's 1165 photos on Flickr!
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This doll was made by me . Blogged
Japanese Gosho Ningyo, a palace figure of a young noble boy seated with his feet extended forward holding a gold leafed folding signal battle fan in his right hand above his head (a symbolic wish for strength and leadership), costumed in a orange layered silk kimono, the figure carved of kiri (Paulownia) covered in multiple layers of burnished gofun with painted features and inset hair. Minor surface crack alongside the nose, cracks to the gofun surface on the body, minor signs of age otherwise fine condition. Edo period, circa 1820. Measuring: 12 inches high x 10 inches wide x 8 inches deep.
These are the materials for kimekomi dolls. height:18cm The body of this doll is made from paulownia sawdust. The handcraft of kimekomi dolls is a Japanese traditional handcraft in which you put fabrics on wooden bodies which are made from paulownia sawdust or urethane bodies. In order to make a kimekomi doll, first, bodies are cleaned with files, then fabrics are tucked into grooves of bodies with a two-knife spatula. We provide some videos on our website to learn how to make kimekomi dolls as below. https://www.kimekomi.co.jp/en/video.html There are three types to purchase our goods; Body only , body with fabrics , Finished doll. You will choose one of them when you order. ■Body only includes ・Body ・Head ・Accessories ■Set of body and fabric includes ・Body ・Head ・Accessories ・Patterns ・Fabric ■Finished doll This is a finished doll that has been processed by our company for the above "Set of body and fabric". It takes 2 to 3 weeks from ordering to shipping. ◎shipping Tracking number is included. International mail is currently unstable and it is safer to include the recipient's phone number on the invoice. So, please kindly give us the recipient's telephone number.
