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14" (36 cm.) Mitate Gosho-ningyo (parody palace doll), depicting a theme derived from the classic Kabuki drama Uiro-uri (The Medicine Peddler), having gosho-style round face with small centered features, smiling expression, white gofun finish with painted details, mizuhiki auspicious presentation ribbon painted on his forehead, finely-formed hands with long fingers, dressed in a blue striped silk kimono with a gold plaid brocade over vest, straw sandals of an itinerant peddler, a lacquered paper gourd slung around his neck, and mounted on a silk-clad base. Minor wear to vest and left hand. Edo Period, Mid-19th century. Exhibited Mingei International Museum (2005), published in Ningyo: The Art of the Japanese Doll, page 78. Uiro-uri is one of the great classics of Kabuki. The medicine peddler's call touting the beneficial aspects of the medicine, consists of a 1,600 word-long tongue twister, gradually increasing in speed as the actor himself simulates the benefits of the medicine he is selling.