Kokontozai: KASHIYUKA’s Shop of Japanese Arts and Crafts /[KOKESHI]
『カーサ ブルータス』2021年8月号より
| Design | KASHIYUKA’s Shop of Japanese Arts and Crafts | photo_Keisuke Fukamizu hair & makeup_Masako Osuga editor_Masae Wako translation_ Mika Yoshida & David G. Imber
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The Sakunami-style Sendai Kokeshi figurine was first created toward the end of the 19th century, Japan’s late Edo period. Mr. Akira Suzuki’s studio and shop, Ganguan Kokeshiya, is located in Aiku Osenkyō, a small village built around the local onsen, or hot spring. It’s one of the three historically famous hot springs in Oshū province. The kokeshi doll shown here is 12 cm in height. “So small, yet so expressive,” says KASHIYUKA.
Purchase No. 39【Sendai Kokeshi】Primitive, charming — a most traditional toy, born in Tohoku.
“It’s so precious, how each one bears its own sort of facial expression,” says KASHIYUKA. Some of those in the uppermost tier date to the Showa period (1926-89).
The material is mizuki, a very hard, pure white wood from a variety of dogwood tree.
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