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- noun A
Japanese wooden doll with aspherical head having simplepainted -on features, and alimbless ,cylindrical body , typically featuring a painted-onfloral design.
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Examples
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Gallery of custom kokeshi dolls by David Horvath, Tara McPherson, Camilla d'Errico, Yoskay Yamammoto, and more.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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Why I married a pilot in the first place, I have no idea — besides the fact he once came down to the ground for four days every two weeks and brought me little treasures from the places he'd stopped — like a kokeshi doll from Tokyo.
Taste 2009
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After I had started though I realised that I was running out of white paint, and as anyone who is painting kokeshi dolls knows, it just cant be done without white paint :P .
Kokeshi Lee Lee 2009
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After I had started though I realised that I was running out of white paint, and as anyone who is painting kokeshi dolls knows, it just cant be done without white paint :P .
Archive 2009-01-01 Lee Lee 2009
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Why I married a pilot in the first place, I have no idea — besides the fact he once came down to the ground for four days every two weeks and brought me little treasures from the places he'd stopped — like a kokeshi doll from Tokyo.
Taste Teresa Shen Swingler 2009
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And incidently, the little blonde ninja in the pink kimono at the end: that would be the kokeshi version of my Sis-in-law.
Archive 2009-01-01 Lee Lee 2009
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And incidently, the little blonde ninja in the pink kimono at the end: that would be the kokeshi version of my Sis-in-law.
Kokeshi Lee Lee 2009
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It was a pleasant room, a little disordered and shabby, a jumble of color and bric-a-brac, fresh flowers in bowls, framed prints on the walls, a Mexican folk art candelabra on top of the television set, a collection of wooden Japanese kokeshi dolls next to the books on a shelf.
Sudden Rain Maritta Wolff 2009
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My current loves are Japanese kokeshi dolls, contemporary Japanese woodblock prints, outsider art, funny old toys, vintage children's books, and weird wonders made of wood.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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The other place is Oriental Bazaar, where the wares are related to Japanese traditional culture, including lacquered bowls, kimonos, swords, Japanese kokeshi dolls and traditional toys.
Tokyo 2007
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