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Issun Hoshi - Little One Inch. Male wooden doll standing in a red bowl. Kokeshi style doll with swivel head. Round head with painted black hair and blue crown. white painted headband black eyebrows eyes nose and red mouth. Groove in top of head.…

Ceramic Open Book on Red Cushion A: Ceramic book white painted top blue painted bottom with black stripes on spine. Shaped as if book is open in the middle black hiragana iroha alphabet characters on top: "i ro ha ni ho he to chi" (now that I can…

Ornament Wooden lantern with two miniature wooden dolls inside. Two cross cut pieces of wood with outer bark form top and bottom. Top piece has hole surrounded by white painted ring. Between the two pieces of wood is silk worm cocoon with section…

Five miniature ceramic musician dolls (Gonin Bayashi) in lidded wooden box. A: Five ceramic figures painted white with gold eboshi shaped hats. Black painted eyebrows eyes and side hair red mouths. From left - drummer has painted orange cloak small…

Nagashi-Hina Clay Floating Dolls Two rows of dolls with red paper bodies and white clay heads held between a long piece of split bamboo. Clay heads are painted white with black hair on back of heads eyebrows and eyes and red mouths upper row consists…

Chinese Family of Dolls (Father Mother carrying baby and two children) A: Chinese father made of clay and wire. Painted clay head has pink face grey hair. with black braided fiber queue glued to back of head. Painted black official's hat with black…

Set of Figures representing Japanese folk tales A-H A: Rectangular wood base with 6 painted wood figures a post and 2 bases attached (additional 5 figures and umbrella have come unglued (B-G). Clockwise from back left: "Ai ai gasa" written in front…

Chinese mother and child dolls (tag says it is a Michael Lee character doll made in Hong Kong) Mother doll has head hands and feet made of carved wood? coated with clay slip? which is painted and varnished body is soft (possibly straw). Head has…

Pair of cloth dolls Chinese boy and girl A: Boy: black wool yarn hair sewn into head at very top extends into standing braid tied with red cotton thread off-white cloth stuffed head with embroidered features: black eyebrows open eyes nose ears red…

Model of village: glass display case containing store models A: Display case has framed glass front door on hinges gray and purple silk tassel door frame is brown lacquer wood bottom and back have silver and beige paper covering glass sides and top…