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Padded cotton with hand-painted design
Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple Collection

“Mr. Hayashi purchased costumes from a Kabuki troupe that appeared in Seattle around 1924. He took care of all the costumes and directed the Kabuki Drama Group.…

Wood heel cover in silk bottom of sole pink with floral stitchery. Multi-colored design with green red and black predominating. Embroidery of flowers and butterflies. Lotus foot highly formal style.

Female Japanese doll standing upright with arms bent up at elbows in a red patterned silk kimono on a black lacquer base. Cloth covered face is hand painted. Black hairmade out of cotton threads is pulled into topknot tied with a red sash and adorned…

Female Ichimatsu doll in an orange silk kimono holding two floral hats which match the hat on her head. The doll wears a long-sleeved kimono with yellow/white floral print yellow silk sash at the waist and orange/gold brocade torso section. The hats…

Large Japanese doll wearing red/orange flowered kimono with black brocade obi decorated with gold circles posed with head tilted and holding her sleeves in her hands. Hand painted face. Black hair made of cotton threads with large red/orange bow…

Chinese doll with cloth body yellow silk trousers and jacket with chrysanthemum woven pattern. Orange silk braid around bottom of pants jacket sleeves stand-up collar and side fastening. Orange silk cord frogs. Embroidered face. Black wool hair…

Chinese boy doll. Features of face made by stitching. Circular black cloth cap for hair topped by black braided thread queue with red thread tie. Jacket and trousers of patterned gold silk with binding of braided orange ribbon.

Standing doll with umbrella on low black wood base. A-Doll: Kimono of synthetic fabric in small pattern of white grasses flowers and butterflies on navy blue bkgnd. Color and small pattern indicate middle- aged lady. Hair style and low cut at back of…

Standing geisha dancer doll on dark wooden base wearing floral patterned kimono. The black wig is pulled back from face covering ears with straight tendrils descending below ears. Hair is tied at top of head with stiff yellow string in decorative…