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Description
10" (25 cm.) l. gosho. 16"l. yogi. The larger scale Haihi Gosho-ningyo (crawling baby palace doll) lying on a winter yogi (padded bedding kimono), is carved of wood and covered in a white gofun with painted details, smiling expression, sexed figure, head looking forward and slightly up, with white silk kimono (not original) and bib. Some restoration of gosho, white kimono not original. Meiji Era, circa 1900. Yogi were thickly padded bedding comforters shaped like an oversize kimono, frequently decorated with auspicious images done in a tsutsugaki paste resist design. Doll-sized yogi are exceptionally rare and unusual, adding to this figure's allure and desirability.