Season: Exhibitions 2012-2013
Entertaining the Gods and Man: Japanese Dolls and the Theater
Exhibit Preview [box]1) Kisakae Wig Doll This male mitsuore kisakae-ningyō (triple-jointed wig doll) was originally sold in the Tokyo shop of Musashiya in the early Meiji Period (1868 – 1912). He is dressed in a silk crepe kimono in gray, red, and purple with an allover design motif of the Japanese flag and various banners … Read more
Wood Be Kindered Spirits: The Kokeshi Dolls of Bob Brokop
[box]1) Yamaji (Mountain Pass) Miyashita Hajime (b. 1940, Maebashi City) By virtue of its title and plump hands and feet, Yamaji evokes the woody terrain of the birthplace of kokeshi, and the hardworking lumberjacks and wood lathe craftsmen of the Tohoku region. Likened more to a wood carving, the exposed hands and feet make this lathe-turned … Read more