Gordon Hirabashi Library at EJCA
Book Reviews

Book: Ichimatsu Dolls 市松人形　H2390　
Author: Morishige, Haruyuki
Contributor: Sanae Ohki

Review: This is one of two books Dr. and Mrs. Ikawa donated to our library. It is a beautiful bilingual picture book of Japanese “Ichimatsu” dolls. The author of the book who made the dolls says, “I make dolls and I have always thought that my dolls speak for themselves, so I have never felt the need to speak for them”. His dolls are all girls or boys　wearing kimono made of real antique Kimono fabrics from the Edo period (1,600 – 1,867).

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