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| | [[File:Kokeshi 1.JPG|thumb|right|''Kokeshi'']] | | [[File:Kokeshi 1.JPG|thumb|right|''Kokeshi'']] |
| − | {{nihongo|'''Kokeshi'''|こけし|kokeshi}} is the [[Japan]]ese traditional [[doll]].<ref name="nussbaum">[[Louis-Frédéric|Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]]. (2005). [http://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA548&dq= "Kokeshi"] in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 548.</ref> | + | {{nihongo|'''Kokeshi'''|こけし|kokeshi}} is the [[Japan]]ese traditional [[doll]].<ref name="nussbaum">[[Louis-Frédéric|Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]]. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA548&dq= "Kokeshi"] in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 548.</ref> |
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| | The doll has a very simple shape;only the head of the globe and the body of the column. A joint of the head and the body was made thin so that a child was easy to grasp it. | | The doll has a very simple shape;only the head of the globe and the body of the column. A joint of the head and the body was made thin so that a child was easy to grasp it. |
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| | ==History== | | ==History== |
| − | ''Kokeshi'' came to be sold as a souvenir in the ''Tohoku'' district from ''Edo'' era.''' | + | ''Kokeshi'' came to be sold as a souvenir in the ''Tohoku'' district from ''Edo'' era. |
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| | When the ''Taisho'' era began, ''kokeshi'' turned into the role as the appreciation things of adult rather than the toy of the child. | | When the ''Taisho'' era began, ''kokeshi'' turned into the role as the appreciation things of adult rather than the toy of the child. |
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| | ==Types of ''kokeshi''== | | ==Types of ''kokeshi''== |
| − | There are 250+ types of ''kokeshi''.<ref name="nussbaum"/> | + | There are 250+ types of ''kokeshi''.<ref name="nussbaum"/> |
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| | *{{nihongo|''Nambu''|南部系|}},<ref name="nussbaum"/> [[Iwate Prefecture]]<ref>McDowell, Jennifer E. [http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/9089/1/mcdowell_etdPitt2011.pdf.pdf "Kokeshi: Continued and Created Traditions (Motivations for a Japanese Folk Art Doll)," pp. 59-62 <nowiki>[PDF 75-78 of 317]</nowiki>]; retrieved 2012-12-4.</ref> | | *{{nihongo|''Nambu''|南部系|}},<ref name="nussbaum"/> [[Iwate Prefecture]]<ref>McDowell, Jennifer E. [http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/9089/1/mcdowell_etdPitt2011.pdf.pdf "Kokeshi: Continued and Created Traditions (Motivations for a Japanese Folk Art Doll)," pp. 59-62 <nowiki>[PDF 75-78 of 317]</nowiki>]; retrieved 2012-12-4.</ref> |
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| | *{{nihongo|''Naruko''|鳴子系}},<ref name="nussbaum"/> [[Miyagi Prefecture]]<ref>McDowell, [http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/9089/1/mcdowell_etdPitt2011.pdf.pdf pp. 47-49 <nowiki>[PDF 65-69 of 317]</nowiki>]; retrieved 2012-12-4.</ref> | | *{{nihongo|''Naruko''|鳴子系}},<ref name="nussbaum"/> [[Miyagi Prefecture]]<ref>McDowell, [http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/9089/1/mcdowell_etdPitt2011.pdf.pdf pp. 47-49 <nowiki>[PDF 65-69 of 317]</nowiki>]; retrieved 2012-12-4.</ref> |
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| | *{{nihongo|''Tsuchiyu''|土湯系|}},<ref name="nussbaum"/> [[Fukushima Prefecture]]<ref>McDowell, [http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/9089/1/mcdowell_etdPitt2011.pdf.pdf pp. 37-39 <nowiki>[PDF 53-55 of 317]</nowiki>]; retrieved 2012-12-4.</ref> | | *{{nihongo|''Tsuchiyu''|土湯系|}},<ref name="nussbaum"/> [[Fukushima Prefecture]]<ref>McDowell, [http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/9089/1/mcdowell_etdPitt2011.pdf.pdf pp. 37-39 <nowiki>[PDF 53-55 of 317]</nowiki>]; retrieved 2012-12-4.</ref> |
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| | *{{nihongo|''Tsugaru''|津軽系|}},<ref name="nussbaum"/> [[Aomori Prefecture]]<ref>McDowell, [http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/9089/1/mcdowell_etdPitt2011.pdf.pdf pp. 63, 126n43 <nowiki>[PDF 63, 142n43 of 317]</nowiki>]; retrieved 2012-12-4.</ref> | | *{{nihongo|''Tsugaru''|津軽系|}},<ref name="nussbaum"/> [[Aomori Prefecture]]<ref>McDowell, [http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/9089/1/mcdowell_etdPitt2011.pdf.pdf pp. 63, 126n43 <nowiki>[PDF 63, 142n43 of 317]</nowiki>]; retrieved 2012-12-4.</ref> |
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| | ==How to get ''kokeshi''== | | ==How to get ''kokeshi''== |
| − | *speciallized store | + | *specialized store |
| | *folk craft shop | | *folk craft shop |
| | *exhibition of specialty goods | | *exhibition of specialty goods |
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| | * [http://www.visitjapan-tohoku.org.e.cr.hp.transer.com/zone/kaminoyama/event/1580/ "32nd Michinoku Kokeshi Festival" at Destination Tohoku] | | * [http://www.visitjapan-tohoku.org.e.cr.hp.transer.com/zone/kaminoyama/event/1580/ "32nd Michinoku Kokeshi Festival" at Destination Tohoku] |
| | * [http://www.japanya.co.uk/kokeshi.aspx "''Kokeshi''" at Japanya.co.uk] | | * [http://www.japanya.co.uk/kokeshi.aspx "''Kokeshi''" at Japanya.co.uk] |
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