An inside look at kokeshi dolls: from the skilled woodworkers behind their design to their important cultural significance.

This is a style manual to help non-Japanese speakers/readers who collect Japanese kokeshi dolls identify and learn more about their vintage traditional kokeshi dolls.

Designed to help non-Japanese speakers identify and learn more about their kokeshi doll collections of more recent/creative kokeshi dolls. There are more than 200 photos in this volume.

Identify and learn about vintage, traditional kokeshi dolls as well as more recent / creative ones. Includes Shingata, Omiyage, Sosaku, and Beyond!