Carved Wooden Bijin, Double-Jointed Legs, Silk Crepe Hand-Painted Kimono, Circa 1900

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11" (28 cm.) All-carved wood except silk crepe upper arms, gofun finish with fine lustrous sheen, glass eyes, painted features, open mouth, teeth, tongue, feathered details around forehead edge, black silk fiber hair in very elaborate upswept fashion, articulation at hips and knees with concave cut-out at back of thighs for extra flexibility, unjointed ankles, wearing red silk crepe kimono with hand-painted designs over green silk inner kimono, with triangular-patterned obi having silk crepe bustle sash (obiage) and tie closures. Generally excellent. Meiji era, circa 1900.