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Japanese kokeshi dolls

20. Oct '09 · by Tobias

kokeshi · dolls · toys · inspiration

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According to Wikipedia Kokeshi are japanese dolls originally from northern japan. They were made as toys for children of japanese farmers, but is now spicing up living-rooms and childrens rooms all over the world with their cute baby-faces, big hair and oversized hair pins.
By doing a little reseach on Flickr, we learned that the vintage Kokeshi from the 70's are, by far, the most interesting. See the Japan Vintage Kokeshi Dolls Flickr-group for more cool vintage kokeshi.
You should also check out our Kokeshi Flickr gallery featuring the best kokeshi gems.

The top-photo is from PiyushBedi's Flickr stream.

Vintage Kokeshi dolls from the 70's from revolutionarygirl's Flickr-stream

Left: From Roseydrop Photography's Flickr-stream, Right: From Chotda's Flickr-stream

More vintage kokeshis from Picnic by Ellie's Flickr-stream

Left: Traditional 'Naruko'-style Kokeshis from tuppen2007's Flickr-stream
right: Even more vintage Kokeshis from allerleirau's Flickr-stream

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