SELECTION OF omiyage KOKESHI DOLLS

The omiyage kokeshi doll is 12cm (4,7")

Japanese landscape with maple leaf

Hand made and hand painted

This large omiyage kokeshi is 31 cm (12,2")

The body was painted in black; which makes the little Japanese kid stand out in winter clothes.

Snowy landscape and snowflakes accompanied by some words in Japanese of the craftsman.

Superb condition.

Signed by the artisan. Dated Showa 55 (1980)

This large kokeshi is 30 cm (11,8") with the bark apparent and lacquered

Superb meticulous and complex work.

Japanese green forest and some words in Japanese of the artisan

Head like traditional kokeshi.

You will fall for her small white nose, white collar and white bow

This little omiyage kokeshi is 10,5cm (4")

Beautiful waterfall and mountainous landscape. A few words in japanese

This omiyage kokeshi unvarnished clear wood is 13 cm (5")

Represents a little maiko who still wearing her kanzashi.

We can see a character on her beautiful kimono with a yukata, geta and sugegasa

A few words in japanese from the artistan

OVERSIZED omiyage kokeshi who is 35cm (13,8") height and 9cm (3,5") circumference ! 

Head measurement is 34cm (13,4") !

Beautiful patina. Slight crack in the head.

The artist has painted Mount Fuji ... If there is a place in the world that you have to see, observe, love, take a picture, it is Mount Fuji.

Fuji-san, as the Japanese call it (and not Fujiyama), is the most majestic mountain in Japan. A wonder of nature, UNESCO inscribed it on the World Heritage List on June 22, 2013 under the name "Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration".

Hand made and hand painted. A few words in japanese by the artisan. 

A onsen omiyage kokeshi  about 19 cm (7,5") in a base.

Represents a Kusatsu Onsen woman in blue yukata, stirring the water of an onsen (Japanese thermal bath) with a large wooden paddle to cool her (this is called yumomi).

According to the inscriptions, it comes from Kusatsu onsen in Japan.

Hand made and hand painted

This omiyage kokeshi doll is 29cm (11,4") and is from 1948 !

As usual on the souvneir kokeshi we can see a japanese landscape. It represents a river and a small boat's waterman with a pointed hat made with rice straw

Hand made and hand painted