{"product_id":"japanese-kokeshi-doll-starter-set-from-japan-three-hand-turned-tohoku-dolls-display-stand-with-english-guide","title":"Japanese Kokeshi Doll Starter Set from Japan — Three Hand-Turned Tohoku Dolls \u0026 Display Stand, with English Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor two hundred years, woodturners in the hot-spring villages of northern Japan have shaped these dolls on a foot-powered lathe — one doll from one piece of wood, no joins, no glue. Kokeshi have no arms and no legs. What they have is a face, painted freehand in seconds by someone who has painted it ten thousand times, and a grain that deepens in colour as the years pass. This set starts you with three, from three different regional lineages, so you can see the differences collectors argue about.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat's inside:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Three traditional kokeshi dolls, 10–13 cm, each hand-turned from kiln-dried mizuki dogwood\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• One doll each in the Naruko, Zao and Tsuchiyu styles — the three most recognisable Tohoku lineages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• A natural wood display stand sized for all three\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• A 16-page English guide: the eleven regional lineages, how to read a maker's signature, and how to care for and display the dolls\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Each doll signed underneath by its workshop, as tradition requires\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrice includes all duties and import taxes — nothing to pay when it arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGift-wrapped in washi paper, ready to give.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World One Japan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44046033911870,"sku":null,"price":18000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0637\/8396\/0638\/files\/photo-1614651856241-f9998a737f89.jpg?v=1789603786","url":"https:\/\/worldonejapan.com\/products\/japanese-kokeshi-doll-starter-set-from-japan-three-hand-turned-tohoku-dolls-display-stand-with-english-guide","provider":"World One Japan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}