MINGEI - Shimokosuge dolls, Yamagata

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http://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/07/yamagata-folk-toys.html
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Shimokosuge ningyoo 下小菅人形 dolls from Shimokosuge village
Yonezawa


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Together with Narushima 成島, Shimokosuge is a village about 5 km north of Yonezawa town.
Dolls have been made here since the Meiji period.
In Shimokosuge, the craftsman 山田亀蔵 Yamada Kamezo made these dolls.
In Narushima, 井上弘章 Inoue Hiroaki made these dolls in his free time as a farmer. They have a very special flavor.

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Narushima ningyoo 成島人形 Narushima dolls
Yonezawa - Narushima is a suburb of Yonezawa 米沢
They are not made any more.




Daruma, about 12 cm high



The soldier is about 23 cm high.

- source : www.asahi-net.or.jp

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