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Kato Kogei Japanese Porcelain Hina Prince Princess Japan - $30 (Boone)
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Japanese Hina Dolls, Prince and Princess – Kato Kogei
A type of porcelain ceramic.
Measures a little over 6 inches high. Complete with wood platform display and red felt.
Perfect unused condition. Purchased in Japan 1990’s. Sticker on doll and box is “Peace”. Made by the famous Kato Kougei Corporation. Very rare to find vintage Kato Kougei making Hina figurines.
Every March 3 in Japan is Hinamatsuri, a special holiday set aside to commemorate the growth, happiness, and prosperity of young girls. Known as Girls Day or Doll’s Day. The history of Hina Matsuri stretches back nearly 1000 years to the Heian Period, when the capital of Japan was in Kyoto. People were quite superstitious of bad spirits and unlucky gods and paper or straw dolls were made and floated down rivers to rid young girls of any evil or sickness attached to them. Some accounts claim the tradition stemmed from ancient Chinese rituals while others claim the death of an Emperor’s daughter prompted the creation of the tradition.
These probably represent the what is known as imperial dolls, which sit at the top of the Hinamatsuri seven-tier dankazari doll stand called dairi-bina. They are known as the imperial dolls though they do not represent the Imperial family.
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