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	Japanese traditional dolls - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Girls played with dolls and doll houses; women made protective dolls for their children or grandchildren; dolls were used in religious ceremonies, taking on the sins of a person whom they had touched.
		There is no specified "set" of such dolls; subjects include Emperor Jimmu, Empress Jingu with her prime minister Takenouchi holding her newborn imperial son, Shoki the Demon-Queller, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and his generals and tea-master, and fairy-tale figures such as Momotaro the Peach Boy or Kintaro the Golden Boy.
		Dolls of this type continued to be made and were a popular item for servicemen and tourists to bring back after World War II, though they also might choose dolls representing similar subjects made with gofun faces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_Dolls (1121 words)

	Eastern Asia Ethnographic Collections
		She was one of 58 Japanese “goodwill” ambassador dolls being offered to museums in each of the 48 states.
		The dolls were a gift to the children of the United States given in response to a similar gift project started in 1926 by Dr. Sidney Gulick, a former missionary to Japan.
		The dolls were intended to carry a message of goodwill between American and Japanese children during a time of worsening relations between the two nations.
	www.museum.unl.edu /research/anthropology/asiacoll/eastcoll.html (717 words)

	Japanese Dolls- Play dolls
		Dolls are used to showcase fashions, and have been popular for this function throughout the world for many years.
		Ukiyo dolls are sometimes displayed in front of ukiyo-e woodblock prints depicting scenes from common life and from the "pleasure quarters".
		The doll's kimono is sewn closed in the reverse of the correct manner; this is said to indicate the death of the wearer.
	www.lotzdollpages.com /ljplay.html (1512 words)

	Japanese Dolls: Introduction
		Dolls, for which the broadest term is ningyo (`written with two characters, meaning "human figure''), have a spiritual significance; they seal friendships, protect or purify those who use them, and help young girls and boys explore their roles in society.
		A famous testimony to the use of dolls as protective devices, purification tokens, and playthings with elaborate houses, is the Tale of Genji of Murasaki Shibiku, written in the years 1000-1025.
		Dolls allowed civilian women to feel they were part of the war, and pilots to feel they were supported; and, later, allowed families to mourn the boys who had died without marriage and children.
	web.clas.ufl.edu /users/jshoaf/Jdolls/intro.htm (1471 words)

	Dolls in feudal Japan - Japanese Culture
		Straw dolls were made of wandering husbands and poked with nails, in an attempt to encourage him to mend his ways.
		The doll represented the god of earthly riches, and thus pinned he was forced to hunt down the thief and bring the money back before he could be freed.
		Dolls of the style ´Amakatsu´ or ´Otagiboka´ were built over a wooden base.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art2283.asp (580 words)

	L'Asie Exotique - Japanese Samurai Dolls
		The dolls, costumed in the finest silk and gold brocades, were model warriors outfitted in the supreme armor style of the earlier Kamakura period (1185-1333 A.D.).
		Dolls depicting Hideyoshi are rare, with his identifying attributes being a great gourd banner and the winged cap of a shogun.
		Dolls of this period have eyes which were inset with glass pupils and extremely neat and detailed hairstyles.
	www.lasieexotique.com /mag_samurai.html (1948 words)

	Antique Japanese dolls
		Japanese dolls come in a very wide variety of shapes, compositions and themes.
		HINA dolls come in two varieties, those with plastic hands and faces and those with wooden hands and gofun (crushed seashell) faces.
		Most unusual were the goten (doll houses) in front of which the imperial court dolls were arranged.
	www.saberdesigns.cc /dolls.htm (932 words)

	Untitled Document
		Both of these dolls are said to have been the inspiration and ancestors of the male and female hina dolls to come later.
		Kamo dolls origininated at the Kamo Shrine in Kyoto in 1736-40 by Takahashi Tadashige, a ritual object craftsman at the shrine.
		Dolls were given a certain special reverence, since it was felt that there was a spirit embodied in the doll.
	www.yoshinoantiques.com /ningyo.html (3840 words)

	All about Japanese Hina Dolls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The set of dolls was made in the city of Kyoto in the 19th century, during the Edo period.
		Standing dolls are a very old type of Japanese doll that continued to be made during the Edo period.
		Dolls that are sitting down are called suwari bina, or "sitting dolls." Sitting dolls evolved during the Edo period.
	www.kyohaku.go.jp /eng/dictio/data/senshoku/hina.htm (908 words)

	Priceless Dolls -- ThingsAsian Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The history of dolls dates all the way back to nearly 24,000 years, while the origin of Japanese dolls begins at the start of the Jomon period, which was about 3,000 years BC.
		As with most Japanese dolls, the musha warrior doll is made out of wood, straw, glass insets for eyes, human or cotton-fiber hair, and of course gofun.
		A true doll collector must have one of these in their collection, for the Kimekomi dolls is the epitome of the Japanese culture, dancers, musicians, theaters and historical characters.
	www.thingsasian.com /goto_article/article.1683.html (1979 words)

	Yokohama Doll Museum Japanese Dolls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Originally, there were only two dolls (a man and a woman) in the display, but as time went by, more dolls, furniture and accessories were added to make the Hina display gorgeous.
		There were dolls which had a Chinese feel such as "Karako" (boy dressed in ancient Chinese clothes) and "Shichifukujin" (Seven Deities of Good Luck), and also ones showing people's daily lives of the Edo period.
		Mechanical dolls produced to move automatically with springs, gears, and by operating strings; or by pressure caused by the movement of mercury or sand.
	www.welcome.city.yokohama.jp /eng/doll/4010.html (1113 words)

	John Marshall: HINA HISTORY
		Dolls have played a very important role in Japanese society since ancient times.
		Originally made of white strips of paper, sometimes a few leafs or twists of straw, they served to protect the owner from harm, absorbing any disease or ill fortune and thus helping to relieve the host of some of the fear that comes from dealing with the unknown forces of nature.
		It is, however, ultimately the beauty and warmth of each doll in the eyes of the collector that makes it a most valuable treasure.
	www.johnmarshall.to /5-WK-HinaHIST.html (650 words)

	STUDY DOLL. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		These dolls are properly called "Taufling" babies...this roughly translates to "baby about to be baptised in a night shirt" and comes from a German catalougue description of these babies.
		The dolls were made throughout the mid to late 1800's by a number of German and French manufacturers (primarily German), in a variety of mediums: paper mache, wood, china, and wax over composition.
		When the doll doctor opened the torso, (s)he was found to have hand writing both on the voice mechanism and on the inside of his upper torso.
	www.dollsdotcom.com /study/yuri.htm (653 words)

	Lea Baten: Identifying Japanese Dolls
		Baten is mostly interested in doll types, from Ainu to Wara, that have their roots in cultural functions, or that have advanced the art of dollmaking.
		But this book would be a superb acquisition for anyone interested in dolls in general or in Japanese culture in general, as well as for all of us “Japanese Doll Enthusiasts.” Baten's compelling essays on the various doll types combine physical, historical, and psychological information in a way that is quite new.
		The Japanese culture, in which dolls have played an official part from time immemorial, can accept the power of the human images more comfortably, and put it to use in daily life.
	www.jadejapandolls.com /baten.html (814 words)

	Miss Hyogo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		These American dolls were sent through the efforts of Dr. Sidney L. Gulick, who had spent more than 20 years as an American missionary in Japan.
		Each doll, approximately 33-inches tall and dressed in a beautiful kimono, was named for a prefecture or city in Japan.
		Miss Hyogo’s visit to her homeland in March and April 1997 is part of a program to reawaken the original purpose of the friendship dolls -- peace and understanding between Japan and the United States.
	www.stjosephmuseum.org /Hyogo/hyogo.htm (516 words)

	Festivals & Holidays (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The dolls are not the everyday dolls usually played with but are ceremonial dolls, a heritage of the household, handed down, many of them, from generation to generation.
		The blossoms signify the feminine traits - of gentility, composure and tranquility.
		The dolls most highly valued are the Dairi-sama, which represent the Emperor and Empress in resplendent court costumes of silk.
	mothra.rerf.or.jp /ENG/Hiroshima/Festivals/36.html (638 words)

	Japanese Festivals and Japanese Culture
		The Japanese culture is very unique from exotic festivals and foods to traditional art and historical temples.
		The Japanese are well known for their hand crafted ceramic dishes to stunning lacquer bowls, plates, bento box and trays.
		Japanese dishes are well beloved for their high quality and intricate craftsmanship.
	www.explorejapan.com /jculture.htm (227 words)

	JAPANESE MILITARY COLLECTIBLES REFERENCE
		Japan excels in many arts, among them is the art of doll making.
		The doll shown in this page is a fine example of it.
		It was purchased from a gentlemen who claimed to have traveled for the US Army all over the South Pacific after the end of the war.
	www.quanonline.com /military/military_reference/japanese/samurai_doll.html (248 words)

	Val's Japanese Fashion Dolls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		She is limited to 500 dolls and was released in September 2005.
		She was issued in February 2004 in an edition of 500 dolls.
		She was issued in December 2002 and limited to 500 dolls in Japan.
	home.att.net /~valdoll/Jenny/Azone.htm (445 words)

	Friendship Dolls
		These dolls delight children and give them a better understanding of the culture in another country across the Pacific Ocean.
		Japanese and American children continue to write the story of the Friendship Dolls.
		Quotation under Miss Aomori is from Tsuneo Matsudaira, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, in a speech in Washington, D.C., on December 27, 1927.
	wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu /dolls (517 words)

	Japanese dolls
		It is the custom to paint one of the doll's pupils in the beginning of a new year, make a wish and paint in the second pupil, if the wish comes true.
		Kokeshi dolls are simply shaped, wooden dolls from Northern Honshu, which originated as souvenirs distributed at hot spring resorts during the Edo Period.
		Among them are hina dolls, which are displayed during the girl's festival and samurai dolls, which are displayed during the boy's festival.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e2104.html (211 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- Unlikely expert figures in Japanese dolls exhibit
		That's Japanese for "human figure." At the Mingei International Museum's stunning new exhibit, you see that these antiques and the American Idol Barbie are only slightly related.
		Pate, who has devoted more than a decade to this topic, says Japanese doll culture dates back to 4000 B.C. Many were made for household displays, erected by families to mark the annual Girl's Day or Boy's Day festivals.
		Even the few modern dolls on display are wrapped snugly in history, like a kimono.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/features/20050627-9999-1c27dolls.html (585 words)

	L'Asie Exotique - Japanese Ningyo - Japanese Dolls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Japanese Kofuku-no-inori Gosho Ningyo of kneeling male child holding a bird cage.
		Japanese Takeda Ningyo of a Kabuki Actor portraying a fierce warrior.
		Japanese Isho Ningyo of Okame, goddess of mirth.
	www.lasieexotique.com /ningyo.html (318 words)

	Kokeshi Land
		An entire room is filled with exquisite examples of these dolls, as well as their accessories, but unfortunately no pictures are allowed.
		After buying a few of his dolls, including those specially made for the millennium, we were treated to coffee and conversation (except for me since I can’t speak Japanese fluently) in his tiny side room.
		It was amazing he could fit all those into his small Japanese home (probably larger than the average Japanese house but tiny when compared to Western standards) but he utilized every inch of space to include large glass cases crammed with kokeshi as well as displays throughout the house (rest of photos, take your pick).
	www.jadejapandolls.com /kokeshi.html (1349 words)

	JADE Home Page
		The spirit of the doll is in its face" and all our members can recall being deeply moved by the face of a Japanese doll, or ningyo, and wanting to know more about that spirit.
		This is a quest one does not tire of, since Japanese dolls offer so many shapes and meanings and patterns of meaning to the loving mind.
		Of course each doll can be enjoyed just as an attractive figure, but it is surprising how much our appreciation deepens when we begin to learn all the details each doll includes.
	www.jadejapandolls.com (769 words)

	"Puppet with a noble Countenance" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The court puppet is among those that truly epitomize Japanese mechanical dolls.
		The name of the imperial court (where the emperor lives) was given to the doll.
		The mechanized version of this doll is a court puppet.
	www.cjn.or.jp /karakuri/court-puppet.html (98 words)

	Palm Japanese Content
		Although Japanese people take two years to study these Kanji, with a little “endeavoring spirit” (Gambaru ki) we think you can master the same Kanji in perhaps one month. There are now 6 grades to KanjiKun, from KanjiKun 1 to KanjiKun 6.
		The Japanese of course like the titles that are popular in America, and they also include localized versions of hit American software.
		Japanese software development techniques differ slightly from American techniques and they lead to a slightly different set of program utilities that software developers there collect.
	www.palmsource.com /interests/japan (4260 words)

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		Fabulous Japanese samurai warrior doll, representing the Empress Jingu, Meiji period, 1868-1912.
		Vibrant rendering of Japanese samurai warrior doll representing the Prime Minister Sukune, Meiji period, 1868-1912.
		Legend says that upon her husband's death before his planned invasion of Korea, the Empress Jingu invaded Korea herself while pregnant, and was aided and accompanied by her retainer, the Prime minister Sukune.
	www.jcollector.com /directory/Japanese:Ningyo_Dolls.html (647 words)

	Japanese Crafts, Rubber Stamps, Rice Paper Roll, Origami Calendars
		Our Japanese paper doll kit includes picture instructions, head and hair template cutouts and an assortment of printed origami paper to make several wonderful little paper warabe dolls.
		The Japanese rice paper is used to make gift cards, exquisite crafts and origami decorations.
		Measuring 3" square, our Japanese origami paper is available in either silver foil or gold foil.
	www.japanesegifts.com /agames.asp (492 words)

	Japan shopping tours for Japanese textiles
		Japan Corner has captured the essence of Japan, a treasure house of information on this county, one where we would be happy to help with planning or arranging your trip.
		Japanese Travel Forum provides a bulletin board where travelers can ask and receive advice on hotels, restaurants, recreations and transport - travelogues / just back reports welcome too.
		Obata Japanese Antiques for great Japanese antiques and some very special bags and other treasures which are hand made by his wife.
	www.saberdesigns.cc (1751 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		one part of the 1000 dolls, some of them are 250`300year old.
		doll with the motive to express the old-japanish-Kabuki
		The old way to exibit the dolls of
	chemmy.hp.infoseek.co.jp /english/japanishdolls/japanishdolls.htm (47 words)

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