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Description
29" (74 cm.) Carved wooden head with white complexion, theatrically-painted (kumadori) facial features, glass eyes which open and close from lever at the back, and thick hair brows which raise up and down in a stylized theatrical manner from the lever at the back, stick-style body with loosely-attached feet, wearing richly-draped brocade costume. Excellent condition. Post-war mid-1900s. Made in the Awaji region of Japan, the wooden puppet with animated brows and eyes continued the tradition of the earlier Bunraku puppets.