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8 1/2" (22 cm.) kneeling). Carved wooden head and expressively-posed hands, glass eyes, gofun finish with painted features including teeth, black silk fiber hair which flows to her hips and with long sidelocks, painted feathering of hair at forehead, metal foil hair ornaments, and wearing a richly padded red silk kimono with embroidered details of pine boughs, cherry blossoms and rippling water augmented with gold threads. Her gold brocade obi is patterned with sacred treasure motifs, and she holds her original hand drum (tsutsumi) of lacquered wood with gilt accents. Excellent condition. Taisho era, circa 1912.