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Description
15" (38 cm.) including crown and base. Carved wooden head with gofun finish, painted facial features, deeply-set sockets with outlined eyes, painted brows and "sky-brows", aquiline nose, closed mouth with painted teeth, black silk fiber hair extending to waist, posing standing with costume completely enclosing her body, her right arm appearing to be upraised, wearing stiffened silk and silk brocade robes wih embroidered details of cranes, wooden fan, and gilt metal crown with ornaments. Excellent condition. Meiji era, late 1800s. Hagoromo is a celebrated Noh drama featuring a deity dancing within a Celestial Feathered Robe, which became a popular subject for the Tableau ningyo during the Meiji era. This particular example has very fine details of embroidery on sleeves and kimono.