4 inch Murakami Kenichi kokeshi (mk01)

Description

Murakami Kenichi
Born 1929.
He started as oil painting artist during 1940s.
He started making kokeshi in the mid 40s.
His kokeshi received many awards at Kokeshi contest.
He uses wood curving and it interats well with his wood grain and his painting.
This one is 4 inch tall and weigh about 4 oz.
Last photo is taken from the book
Kokeshi A Visual Exploration
by Michael Evans and Robert Wolf.
All Hawaii residents can come to pick up.