Kokeshi dolls are pocket-sized, wooden figurines characterized by their lack of arms and legs. First gaining popularity following World War II, the dolls continue to serve as a memento of Japanese ...

Hodsdon Kokeshi dolls take inspiration from Japanese culture. The origin of the Kokeshi dolls dates back around 200 years, first emerging in the northeast part of Japan. Japanese-American, Lisa ...

The stereotype about hip-hop artists having big heads is literally coming true as Run DMC members become the latest cultural icons to receive their own iconic Kokeshi Collection dolls. The designer ...

What do you do when a series of books you are supposed to review are so beautiful, so creative, so artistic and so imaginative, that you can't summon up the words it would take to describe it? Kokeshi ...

Few people have permeated pop culture like Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The second female U.S. Supreme Court justice, she served for 27 years until her death in September of 2020, at the age of 87, and has ...

Craftspeople in northeastern Japan are showcasing wooden "hina" dolls made to celebrate the upcoming Girls' Festival on March 3. The creations are based on the region's traditional "kokeshi" dolls. A ...

9 x 7.5 x 5 cm. (3.5 x 3 x 2 in.) The piece is stored and will be shipped in its original Kaikai Kiki Gallery box. www.pinto.gallery/ Contact gallery for inquiry at ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Sendai Kiji Workshop in Japan makes Kokeshi dolls, a type of wooden doll carved from a single block of wood that originated in mountainside villages 200 years ago.