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23" (58 cm.) including hat. The large-scale figure depicting a child performing the Sanbaso with left leg raised in a dance posture and right hand holding a fan, has head and hands of toso (wood composite) covered in a lightly pigmented gofun with painted details, inset glass eyes, silk hair, and is sporting the tall striped cap of the Sanbaso, dressed in silk brocade textiles consisting of a short over coat in white with chrysanthemum bursts, secured at the waist with a silk belt and brocade end caps, over a red inner kimono tucked into wide hakama trousers bearing a lightening design, and mounted on a wood base. Showa Era, mid-20th century. The Sanbaso is an important ritual dance closely associated with New Year, but is also performed to ritually inaugurate many activities from theatrical seasons to political campaigns. The depiction of children imitating various activities or historical personages had its beginnings in mitate (parody) conceits in woodblock print in the 18th century, but became a very popular theme in ningyo in the Meiji era and is now considered a genre unto itself.