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Kumiko Serizawa (17 December 1928 – 18 September 2021) [1] was a Japanese American master doll-maker of traditional Japanese dolls. [2] Early life
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.
Shizuka Miura (三浦 静香, Miura Shizuka, IPA: [ɕizɯᵝka̠ mʲiɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]; 7 March 1962 – 31 January 2010) was a Japanese ball-jointed doll maker, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. [1] [2] She became recognized in Japan for her doll work.
[1] [2] In 1930 she joined Yumeji Takehisa's Dontakusha group of artists and subsequently focussed her entire output on doll-making; that same year she had her first exhibition at the Hina Matsuri Festival. [3] [4] [5] Early on in her career, she studied under the famous doll-makers Goyo Hirata and Juzo Kagoshima, both Living National Treasure ...
One of the earliest doll-focused associations in Japan was the Sendai Kokeshi Association (Sendai Kokeshi-kai) established in 1923 by Mihara Ryōkichi (三原良吉) and Amae Tomiya. The two released a 1928 book about kokeshi, Kokeshi Hōko no Hanashi, which introduced the local tradition to the entire Japan. Mihara continued his work as a ...
Jusaburō Tsujimura (辻村寿三郎) (1 November 1933 – 5 February 2023) was a Japanese puppeteer, puppet and doll maker, and art director. Early life
Born in Kyoto on 22 September 1936, Hayashi learned the trade of making traditional Japanese dolls with Menya Shōzō XII and Kitazawa Nyoi, a maker of Japanese theatre masks for Noh. [2] He specialized in making dolls for Hinamatsuri, a religious holiday in Japan where decorative dolls are put on display. [3]
Picrew is a Japanese layered paper doll-style avatar maker website. It was initially developed by two staff of the Japanese company TetraChroma [1] in July 2017, [2] and officially released in December 2018. [3]