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Description
18" (46 cm.) The isho-ningyo (fashion doll) depicting the legendary Chinese sage Huangshi Gong (Jp. Koseki Ko) features a carved wood youthful face covered in gofun with painted details, open mouth in laughing expression, posed in a jaunty manner with left foot turned to the side, long staff in hand and holding a bound scroll containing the ultimate secrets of warfare in his left hand, attired in elaborate Chinese style garments with fringed lapels and sleeves, silk tasseled sleeve closures, with silk crepe trousers with embroidered stream designs, gold shoes, and a Chinese style tall cap of purple silk crepe with silk brocade banding; mounted on a black lacquer base with silk creep front aperture cloth. Minor fading and loss of hair. Edo Period, 19th century. Exhibited Mingei International Museum (2005). Published: Ningyo: The Art of the Japanese Doll, p. 190-191.