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6" (15 cm.) Depicting an aged man and woman, each with paper mache head, gofun finish, painted features, white hair (he with white beard), wooden hands, bare feet and wearing matching silk brocade outer kimonos, she holding a broom and having multi-layered inner kimono, and he holding a rake and with wide trousers for him, each posed on wooden base. The pair depict the legend of Takasago (see #24). Generally excellent. Circa 1920s.