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Koryusai Takizawa
| Last Name: | Takizawa |
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| First Name: | Koryusai |
| Dates: |
*1882 (Date of Birth)
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| Biography/History: | Born in 1882, Takizawa Koryûsai (Takizawa Yoshitoyo, Koryûsai II) was one of the most important ichimatsu-ningyô artists of the early Showa era. He was a pivotal player in the Friendship Doll project, even lending the head mold of his own creation for other artists to use who were involved in the project for the Yoshitoku Doll Company. Koryûsai was a second-generation doll maker, so officially he is referred to as Koryûsai II. His father, Takizawa Heikichi (d.1910), was Koryûsai I, though he frequently signed his pieces “Takizawa Yoshio.” Koryûsai I studied under the influential ningyô artist Eitokusai during the Meiji Era and created a number of exceptional ichimatsu-ningyô. Koryûsai II was responsible for a number of the Friendship Dolls. Author: Alan Scott Pate http://www.antiquejapanesedolls.com/pub_artinfocus/miss_fukushima/friendshipdolls.html |
| Related Objects: |
812.1 (Doll, Japanese Friendship Doll, Miss Tokushima, 1927)
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