NAME: Modern creative Japanese kokeshi, original box, signature board in it's own box. MAKER: Chiyomatsu Kano (Kanou) SIZE: 15-3/4" (40.2cm) CONDITION: The head peg was broken when it arrived but I suspect it was broken when purchased. (BUYING TIP: Purchase cautio... more

NAME: Creative Japanese kokeshi "Senior" Pair MAKER: Sansaku Sekiguchi SIZE: 9-3/4" & 11-5/16" (24.9 & 29cm) CONDITION: The male's head had broken off during transit. There was enough peg surface to reglue. Should it break off again, the peg would need to be chang... more

NAME: Creative Japanese kokeshi with two deer dancers MAKER: Signed SIZE: 14" (35.6cm) CONDITION: Minor dent or two. The white and blue paint is reverting back to powder form and is smearing and disappearing (including the white ribbon atop the head). There are p... more

NAME: Creative Japanese kokeshi with a waterfall MAKER: Stamped SIZE: 11-1/2" (29cm) CONDITION: Few minor to small dents, mostly on the backside. Few smudges, few age spots and a small crack at the neck on the left side. There are a lot of small vertical dent-like... more

NAME: Modern creative Japanese kokeshi MAKER: Bottom has been blackened out by consumer but she was probably made by Takao Kiyohara. SIZE: 5-7/8" (15cm) CONDITION: Few, mostly minor to small dents on the bottom half. Her snowy wrap is discolored and dirty with age,... more

NAME: Modern creative Japanese kokeshi MAKER: Masashi Takeda SIZE: 3-3/4" (9.5cm) CONDITION: Few minor dents. Light streaks on the left side are flaws in the wood which didn't take the stain. NOTES: Mr. Takeda's dolls are always worthwhile owning. He wor... more

NAME: Modern creative Japanese kokeshi MAKER: Tomio Ishida SIZE: 7-1/2" (19.2cm) CONDITION: Minor to small dents, dings and scratches including a scratch to her left of the nose and a dent mid bangs. Age spots on the head and a tiny chip in the varnish on the left ... more

NAME: Modern creative Japanese kokeshi MAKER: Usaburo SIZE: 4-7/8" (12.5cm) CONDITION: Multiple small dents on the left side and a short deeper dent on the very bottom back. Some light scratches and a small indentation on the top of the head (manufacture flaw). Lo... more

NAME: Modern creative Japanese kokeshi MAKER: Isamu Yamakawa SIZE: 9-7/8" (25.1cm) CONDITION: Couple of shortish deep dents on the top of the head and a couple minor dents elsewhere on the head. NOTES: The design, hair and facial features are all done by ... more

NAME: Creative Japanese kokeshi with scenery, an apple head and natural bark MAKER: Not signed SIZE: 9-1/4" (20cm) CONDITION: The wood has some natural flaws and there are some manufacture flaws like two holes on the bottom back of the head and on the top of the hea... more