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16" (41 cm.) h. seated. 21"w. of gown. The Noh presentation doll, depicting a young kneeling male performer, with well-formed head of wood covered in gofun, painted details, silk fiber hair with a nakasori shaved spot atop the head and the hair drawn into a tea whisk style on top, with contoured bangs and the sides and back left long indicative of a young male, is wearing blue silk brocade broad-shouldered kamishimo sleeveless vest and trousers with roiling dragons and floral burst patterns, over a beni safflower orange silk crepe inner kimono and is holding a fan in his right hand. Wear to textiles and losses to hair, overall fine condition. Edo Period, 18th century, Exhibited: Mingei International Museum (2005), Morikami Museum (2012). Published: Ningyo: The Art of the Japanese Doll, p. 265; Entertaining the Gods and Man: Japanese Dolls and the Theater, p. 90. Uizan-ningyo were traditional gift dolls presented on the occasion of a young Noh performer's first public performance for a patron.