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13" (33 cm.) 14"l. base Having carved wooden head in rounded gosho style with gofun complexion, painted facial features enhancing the detailed sculpting around the eyes and laughing mouth, painted details of hair at sides with emanating long silk fiber sidelocks, carved wooden hands posed to hold a fishing rod, and his body posed as though about to capture the large paper mache sea bass that is at his feet. He wears a silk crepe kimono wth fan embroidery, silk brocade outer coat, black lacquer cap, and carries a sword. Mounted on original wooden base with embroidered textile center. Generally excellent. Late Edo era, circa 1860. The ningyo combines the animated pose of the popular takeda doll with the parody nature of the mitate doll and expresses this in the very plump rounded childlike face of the gosho. The ningyo represent Ebisu the God of Daily Provision, portrayed as a cheerful child about to provide the night's dinner of a wholesome sea bream and symbolizing good fortune and a bountiful harvest for the coming year.