MINGEI - Edo anesama

LINK
http://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/07/anesama-dolls.html

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Edo anesama 江戸姉様 "elder sister" dolls from Edo

The laidies in waiting at Edo castle seem to be the first to spend their time making these paper dolls.
The face is often made with white washi paper.




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These dolls date back to at least the eighteenth century. Simple anesama ningyou were made by creating a doll's head, hair (often designed to emulate a Shimada hairstyle) and neck out of washi paper and then covering the neck with a folded chiyogami washi kimono and obi. While they were once playthings for children, they are now purely for display.



The doll's hair is made of bamboo and decorated with paper mizuhiki cords and red threads.
- source : nihon no ningyou -


. Tokyo and Edo Folk Art .


More paper dolls on pinterest
- source : www.pinterest.com/ -

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