Delicate Antique Carved Wooden Japanese Doll with Silk and Paper Kimona drawing of boy but none as lovely as

but none as lovely as this one

and for the fact that it was most definitely carved after a photograph

I love that he embodies a feeling of instability and anticipation

Plenty of wear around the slot in the roof telling us it surely accumulated some riches

Photos show some glare/reflection

Delicate Antique Carved Wooden Japanese Doll with Silk and Paper Kimona drawing of boy but none as lovely asI spotted this in a case at Brimfield in July, and could not walk away from her such an exquisitely crafted Japanese doll, and an old one, c. 1900 or a bit earlier, with carved and painted wooden head and body, and real hair. I believe she would be called a "hina" doll (of which there are many types, standing and seated), which represented emperors and empresses and members of the court. The silk of her purple kimona is frayed, and much of the lower