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Japanese doll in traditional kimono and musical instrument. Japanese dolls (人形, ningyō, lit. ' human form ') are one of the traditional Japanese crafts. There are various types of traditional dolls, some representing children and babies, some the imperial court, warriors and heroes, fairy-tale characters, gods and (rarely) demons, and also people of the daily life of Japanese cities.
Girls ' Frontline (simplified Chinese: 少女前线; traditional Chinese: 少女前線; pinyin: Shàonǚ Qiánxiàn) is a mobile strategy role-playing game for Android and iOS developed by China-based studio MICA Team, where players control echelons of android characters, known in-universe as T-Dolls, each carrying a distinctive real-world firearm.
After graduation, she received a certificate certifying her skill as a doll-maker, and took on the professional pseudonym of Kookyu. In 1958, Serizawa, her husband, and her young daughter, Naomi, moved to the United States, where they settled near Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley , California .
Dolls were donated by churches, schools, and scouting groups across the country. Each doll was sent with a message including the name of the doll, the names of the givers and the address for the "thank you" letter. [7] [9] Dolls were given farewell parties and given "passports" that cost 1 cent and "railroad and steamer tickets" that cost 99 cents.
Girls' Frontline: Neural Cloud (Chinese: 少女前线：云图计划; pinyin: Shàonǚ qiánxiàn: Yúntú jìhuà) is a roguelike strategy game from Shanghai Sunborn Network Technology Limited Company (Chinese: 散爆网络; pinyin: Sàn bào wǎngluò) and Mica Team.
Kokeshi (こけし, 小芥子) are simple wooden Japanese dolls with no arms or legs that have been crafted for more than 150 years as a toy for children. Originally from the Tohoku region in northern Honshu , kokeshi are handmade from wood, having a simple trunk and head with a few thin, painted lines to define the face.
Teru teru bōzu as a Japanese practice seems to have originated from the similarity between origami dolls and names described in the literature in the middle of the Edo period. A reference to teru teru bōzu is written in Kiyū Shōran ( 嬉遊笑覧 ) by Nobuyo Kitamura, a scholar of Japanese classical literature in 1830.
Licca-chan (リカちゃん, Rika-chan) is a Japanese fashion doll launched on July 4, 1967 by Takara, and [1] [2] created by former shōjo manga artist Miyako Maki.Enjoying the same kind of popularity in Japan as the Barbie series does in the United States, [3] Takara had sold over 48 million Licca-chan dolls as of 2002, [1] and over 53 million as of 2007.