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23 1/2" (60 cm.) excluding cap. Exceptionally large all-wood gosho covered in a fine gofun with painted details and silk fiber hair, wearing a rich layered silk brocade kimono with detailed hoo phoenix design, depicted seated with legs thrust forward, wearing a large black lacquered eboshi court style cap and holding a large metal and wood gumbai Chinese-style battle fan in his right hand, sword at hip with real metal blade. Overall fine condition, few minor gofun repairs. Edo Period, 19th century. Exhibited Mingei International Museum (2005), published Ningyo: The Art of the Japanese Doll, p. 25-26. A gosho holding a military fan would have symbolized a wish for martial success for a boy born into a samurai family, Considering the size and lavishness of the presentation, it would have been gifted to a very high ranking samurai clan.