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15" (38 cm.) Mitate Gosho-ningyo (parody palace doll), depicting Yanone from the famous arrow-sharpening scene from the Kabuki play standing with right leg thrust forward grasping in both hands the shaft of an oversized arrow, with wooden head covered overall in a fine white gofun with painted details including mizuhiki presentation ribbon on his forehead, laughing expression with mouth slightly open revealing teeth, and is wearing outer silk brocade kimono with sleeves thrown back (a convention to indicate vigorous activity) and inner kimono of chirimen silk crepe with a pattern of repeated embroidered pentagons. Wear to textiles. Edo Period, mid-19th century. Exhibited Japan Society (1996). Published in Ningyo: The Art of the Human Figure, p. 85. Yanone was a staple of the Ichikawa Danjuro lineage of Kabuki performers and focused on the heroic and superhuman exploits of the 12th century warrior Soga no Goro.