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14" (36 cm.) Carved wooden head with gofun finish, glass inset eyes painted features, open mouth with painted teeth and green accented lower lip, black silk fiber hair in elaborate upswept manner trimmed with chirimen fawn spotted bows, silk crepe upper arms, wooden torso, legs and lower arms, peg-jointing at hips, knees and ankles, concave-shape of back thighs to allow greater flexibility, large toe separated to wear sandals, wearing yuzen-dyed silk crepe outer kimono with dramatic floral and fan designs, patterned inner kimono, red silk obi, Generally excellent, albeit some frailty to inner kimono. Meiji, circa 1880. The fashionable lady (bijin) has exquisite refinement, her triple-jointed body allowing elegant posing.