Modern Creative Japanese Kokeshi, Ishihara, 11-3/4", #72624

Description

NAME: Modern creative Japanese kokeshi
MAKER:  Hideo Ishihara
SIZE: 11-3/4" tall
CONDITION:  Couple of small dents on the back.  Small gouge on upper backside of head.  It's painted inside which might indicate it was there at the time of it's creation.
NOTES: Mr. Ishihara was born in Tokyo in 1925 and passed in 1999 at the age of 74. He was registered as a traditional Narugo artist. His grandfather, Iwataro Onuma, was the originator of the Narugo traditional kokeshi. Mr. Ishihara was trained in Narugo style but found it too confining and switched to creative shortly after. From 1959 through 1969, he won 60 prizes as a creative artist including the prime minister award
Lovely dark stained dolls with red and black artwork on 3/4 of body.
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