Creative Kokeshi Doll "Mushin" by Masao Watanabe

【CONDITION: Very Good: Pre Owned】
This Mushin kokeshi doll was made by a Yajiro style artist Masao Watanabe, who won a Japanese prime minister award in 1963 and 1971.
After winning these prizes, his works were evaluated and became more expensive.
Today it is very hard to get his work in good condition for this affordable price even in Japan.
This "Mushin" kokeshi means Buddhism idea "Empty Mind" in Japanese.

【SIZE】
Approximately  31 cm (length), 13 cm (width), 10 cm (height)
1024g

【Masao Watanabe (1917-2007)】
Master: Tatsuo Sato
[Personality] Born on February 24, 1917, the eldest son of Shozaburo Watanabe, a farmer in the town of Funabiki-cho, Fukushima Prefecture. From 1950, he started making new type kokeshi dolls in Shiraishi, but in 1951, he studied under Tatsuo Sato of the Yajiro lineage and learned the techniques of kijiji. He also began to make older models.
In 1952, he became independent and started his own business at Koshigawa Goga Furuyashiki in Shiroishi City, mainly making new models and creative kokeshi dolls. He became famous as a creative kokeshi doll maker. He has received numerous awards, including the Prime Minister's Prize at the All Japan Kokeshi Doll Contest.
He also occasionally made traditional molds, and in the 1960s, he made Yajiro-style kokeshi to some extent. 
He died in 2007 at the age of 91.

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