"Tachibina" Dolls - Japanese Vintage - Edo Period Entertainment width: 18cm w
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width: 18cm w
width: 21cm
length: 29mm
Like many of Kan's pieces
"Tachibina" Dolls - Japanese Vintage - Edo Period Entertainment width: 18cm wA pair of tachibina Japanese Edo period standing dolls. These serene and elegant figures, depicting an emperor and an empress, are of a kind that were popular during the Edo period (16031868). They are an early representation of similar figures now seen in doll displays for hinamatsuri (the girls day festival). These tachibina feature heads made from hariko (Japanese papier mch), painted with dignified expressions, then dressed in kimono made from