Doll

Doll

Japanese doll of a young girl dressed ina kimono doing a dance with a branch of wisteria in bloom carried over her right shoulder. She wears a lacquered bowl-shaped hat which is fastened under her chin with a red silk cord. Her kimono has purple white and yellow bands with printed cherry blossoms. Her obi (waist band) has diagonal orange and grey stripes. She is mounted on a wooden stand the top of which is covered with red silk. The doll has a china head with painted features. The silk covering of the platform is stained and faded. The dancer's kimono is faded as are the wisteria blossoms which are made of fabric.

1976.016

1976.016.001