NAME: Narugo Japanese traditional kokeshi MAKER: Hideo Ishihara* SIZE: 11.75" (30cm), weight 1#-4.6oz. CONDITION: Good condition NOTES: This IS the famous modern creative artist Hideo Ishihara. He was registered as a traditional Narugo artist. His grandfather, I... more

NAME: Narugo Japanese traditional kokeshi MAKER: Hideo Ishihara* SIZE: 11.75" (30cm), weight, 2 pounds CONDITION: Good condition with no apparent problems. NOTES: This IS the famous modern creative artist Hideo Ishihara. He was registered as a traditional Narugo ... more

NAME: Narugo Japanese traditional kokeshi MAKER: Hideo Ishihara* SIZE: 11.5" (29.2cm) CONDITION: Couple of hairline cracks on the top of the head coming out from the center of the wood which is where cracks are apt to start. Some fading of the greens on the front. Nothing... more

NAME: Tsugaru traditional kokeshi MAKER: Toshiyuki Kojima SIZE: 11-3/4" (30cm) CONDITION: Darkened with age. Few small dents, one on the upper front side. An inch to the right of that is a small water spot and another a little further to the back. Left side of hea... more

NAME: Kijiyama traditional Japanese kokeshi MAKER: Kyuzou Takahashi SIZE: 14-1/4" (36.5cm) CONDITION: Good. Small flat dent at the very bottom back where a little paint has been scraped off and a natural wood flaw - crack in the grain is next to that. NOT... more

NAME: Narugo traditional Japanese nemariko kokeshi pair, stand signature board, leaflet, box MAKER: Kazuhira Sugawara SIZE: Dolls 6-3/4" (17.3cm), diameter at the widest point 4" (10.3cm), stand 9-5/16" x 6-1/4" (23.7cm x16cm) CONDITION: Looks mint, probably unused ... more

NAME: Narugo Japanese traditional kokeshi MAKER: Hideo Ishihara* SIZE: 12" (30.5cm) CONDITION: Couple of hairline cracks on the top of the head, few small dents and some splinters of wood missing at the very bottom back. This was caused by a natural wood flaw. Wood darken... more

NAME: Kijiyama traditional kokeshi MAKER: Haruo Sasaki (not signed) SIZE: 8-3/8" (21.4cm) CONDITION: Hairline crack on the lower right side. Couple of bug trails on the right side of the head. The dark spots around the "chin" are the wood's natural coloring. more

NAME: Kijiyama traditional kokeshi MAKER: Haruo Sasaki SIZE: 9-7/8" (25.2cm) CONDITION: Hairline crack across the top of the head and by the signature in back. Small irregularities in the wood, bottom right front, right shoulder, lower left and lower right head. Co... more

NAME: Kijiyama traditional kokeshi MAKER: Haruo Sasaki (not signed) SIZE: 9-5/8" (24.5cm) CONDITION: Hairline crack on the right side of the head and near the bottom, also on the right side. Small spot on the lower back with an irregularity in the wood. N... more