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Description
5 1/2" (14 cm.) Gosho-ningyo (Palace Doll) with Mizuhiki presentation ribbon, carved of wood and covered in a fine white gofun with painted details, including smiling expression and side locks, well rendered hands and feet, is depicted seated with both legs thrust forward and hands holding a cord with left hand higher than right, wearing a chirimen silk crepe haragake bib with embroidered designs, accompanied by a western style mokuba rocking hobby horse of wood and painted with silk fiber mane and tail and tethered by a twisted silken cord. Horse is a later edition. Edo Period, 19th century. Hobby horses and toy horses have a long history in Japan with nearly every region having their own region version of a horse using a tremendous variety of materials and structures. Harukoma (hobby horses) in Japan were traditionally either wheeled or a simple stick horse. The rocking-style horse was introduced by the West and became popular as a new alternative to older styles. The horse here is a later addition.