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Courtesans and Heroines
Japanese Fashion Dolls From The 18th Century
by Alan Scott Pate

T

he 18th century is generally
regarded as the Golden Age
of Japanese Doll Making.
Many of the most coveted doll forms
evolved during this period, leaving their
imprint on all future aspects of Japanese
doll culture. While casual observers of
Japanese dolls (ningyô) will be more
familiar with the seasonal hina-ningyô
for the Girl's Day display, or the virile
musha-ningyô warrior dolls for the Boy's
Day display, it was perhaps ishô-ningyô
(fashion dolls) that attracted the most
sophisticated admirers.
Designed almost exclusively for
display, and for an adult audience, these
e uisitely rendered figures, swathed
with lustrous textiles, depicted celebrated
characters drawn from nearly every
facet of Japanese history and culture.
In this article I would like to introduce
one sub-set of this category, bijin-ningyô
(dolls of beautiful women), that will form
part of a special exhibition at the 2019
UFDC National Convention in Nashville,
featuring 18th-century ishô-ningyô from
the Vickie Hannig Collection.

Opposite page: An early 18th
Century dairi-bina for the Girl's Day
display, measures 8-inches high.

An 18th Century ishô-ningyô depicting the fierce warrior
Asahina is dated 1760, and measures 19-inches high.

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