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9" (23 cm.) Gosho-ningyo (palace doll) depicted as a standing child (tachiko) of the merchant class, fashioned of wood and covered overall in a fine white gofun with painted details, full cheeks, large eyes and a satisfied smile, silk fiber hair arranged in a boy's layered style, well-formed hands with right hand shaped to hold a fan in the Kyoto style, and the left hand lightly-cupped, red painted finger and toenail details, wearing a purple chirimen silk crepe kimono typical of the merchant class, subtle with paste-resist dyed and embroidered designs along the hem and a bright blue silk brocade obi tie belt. Minor soiling, smudge on nose, craquelure inside legs. Late Edo Period, Mid-19th-century. Exhibited Japan Society (1996) and published in Ningyo: The Art of the Human Figure, p. 89.