Famed the world over for their intricate beauty, Japanese dolls (ningyo) have played an important role in that country's culture. This first comprehensive book on antique Japanese dolls published in English focuses on the five main categories of dolls-gosho palace dolls, hina girl's day dolls, musha boy's day dolls, isho costume dolls, and theatrical dolls-made during the Edo period (1615-1868) when ningyo culture was at its peak. Features an extensive glossary and bibliography, plus 250 color photographs.
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Alan Pate has been appointed guest curator for an exhibition on Japanese dolls at the Mingei International Museum.
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A 'must' for any studying Japanese doll history and art,
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This review is from: Ningyo: The Art of the Japanese Doll (Hardcover)
Japanese dolls are more than just collector's items: they've planed an important cultural role in Japan's society as talismanic figures, festival centerpieces, medical study tools, and more. It's surprising, therefore, that Ningyo: The Art Of The Japanese Doll is the first comprehensive book in English to cover antique Japanese dolls. Six categories of dolls - palace dolls, Girl's Day dolls, Boy's Day dolls, costume and theatrical dolls, and those connected with health, were made during the Edo period: color photos from private collections detail these dolls and provide historical background as well as lovely, full-color photos. A 'must' for any studying Japanese doll history and art.
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Welcome to a beautiful, complex, and little-known world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gosho form, silk fiber hair, hina forms, ningyo artists, white gofun, ningyo depicting, mechanical puppet theater, minogame turtle, woodblock print images, chirimen silk crepe, simple bib, gosho ningyo, inset glass eyes, presentation ribbon, dragon roundels, matching textiles, inner kimono, padded hem, demon queller, auspicious wishes, warrior dolls, print imagery, ningyo joruri, smallpox god, battle fan Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Art of the Japanese Doll, Boy's Day, Rosen Collection, Kato Kiyomasa, Urashima Taro, New Year, Soga Brothers, Carabet Collection, Gion Matsuri, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Zhong Kui, Yoshitoku Doll Company, Girl's Day, Seven Gods of Good Fortune, Tomoe Gozen, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Edo Kabuki, Jingo Kogo, Kusunoki Masashige, Kyoto National Museum, Yang Kuei-fei, Anne Van Biema Collection, Ihara Saikaku, Minamoto Yoshitsune, Nitta Yoshisada New!
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Welcome to a beautiful, complex, and little-known world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gosho form, silk fiber hair, hina forms, ningyo artists, white gofun, ningyo depicting, mechanical puppet theater, minogame turtle, woodblock print images, chirimen silk crepe, simple bib, gosho ningyo, inset glass eyes, presentation ribbon, dragon roundels, matching textiles, inner kimono, padded hem, demon queller, auspicious wishes, warrior dolls, print imagery, ningyo joruri, smallpox god, battle fan Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Art of the Japanese Doll, Boy's Day, Rosen Collection, Kato Kiyomasa, Urashima Taro, New Year, Soga Brothers, Carabet Collection, Gion Matsuri, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Zhong Kui, Yoshitoku Doll Company, Girl's Day, Seven Gods of Good Fortune, Tomoe Gozen, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Edo Kabuki, Jingo Kogo, Kusunoki Masashige, Kyoto National Museum, Yang Kuei-fei, Anne Van Biema Collection, Ihara Saikaku, Minamoto Yoshitsune, Nitta Yoshisada New!
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