This vintage Japanese Sosaku (Creative) Kokeshi doll by artist Hajime Miyashita (1940–2006) features a smooth dark finish, a serene expression with closed eyes, a red hair bow, and a dark kimono motif carved with red and white plum blossom details. It comes complete with its original wooden display sign.
Label Translation:
Title (Center): 花咲く頃 (Hanasaku Koro / When Flowers Bloom)
Artist (Bottom Left): 宮下はじめ (Miyashita Hajime)
Right Side: 内閣総理大臣賞受賞作家作品 (Work by a Prime Minister’s Award-Winning Artist)
Left Side: 全日本こけしコンクール無審査作家 (All-Japan Kokeshi Contest Master/Invited Artist)
ca. 16,5 cm
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