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Standing doll wearing armour and wearing an antler headdress on base possibly figure of Kusunoki Masashige loyalist of late Kamakura period. A: Separate head molded from wood paste and dipped in gofun (oyster shell powder) peeling around eyes dark…

Doll of historical figure Kato Kiyomasa A: Doll with head molded from wood paste and dipped in gofun (oyster shell powder) tan color flesh slighted tilted toward and looking toward his left. Painted black eyebrows upward at ends painted black…

Doll representing Empress Jingu A: Separate head molded from wood paste and dipped in gofun (oyster shell powder) set in glass eyes painted high black eyebrow smudges painted black eyelid painted red parially open lips exposing black upper teeth;…

Doll representing Takenouchi-no-Sukune A: One piece doll with head molded from wood paste and dipped in gofun (oyster shell powder) painted features and glass eyes. Greyish white silk fiber hair drawn up to the top of the head and tied in a tuft with…

Doll representing Takenouchi-No-Sukune A: Separate Head molded from wood paste and dipped in gofun (oyster shell powder) tinted pink; painted features and inset glass eyes; wrinkles around the forehead and cheeks; long moustaches made of white silk…

Doll representing a monk A: Separate head molded from wood paste and dipped in gofun (oyster shell powder) H: 2" W: 1.5" D: 2". Painted features and inset glass eyes; unshaven stubble painted on chin and cheeks; red painted mouth turned down; raised…

Boy's Day Doll depicting Benkei on the Gojyo Bridge A: Doll H: 7.5" W: 6.125" D: 2.75" standing with legs apart on top of a stand with bridge post. Bald head molded from wood paste and dipped in gofun (oyster shell powder) reddish flesh to show his…

Boy's Day Doll depicting Ushiwaka-maru (Adult name: Minamoto-no-Yoshitsune) A: Separate head molded from wood paste and dipped in gofun (oyster shell powder); painted gray high eyebrows to show his high status; black painted lower eyelids eyelashes;…

Boy's Day Doll depicting Samurai (possibly Kato Kyomasa) A: Separate head molded from wood paste and dipped in gofun (oyster shell powder). Painted features and eyes with fierce look: rims of upper eyelids irises and raised eye brows in black; a…

Doll representing Japanese Muromachi Noble A: Separate head molded from wood paste and dipped in gofun (oyster shell powder); molded ears high bridge nose closed mouth; painted black eyebrows dark line underneath left eye two large dark spots on…