KOKESHI MeisterInnen

Mr. Teruyuki Hiraga / Miyagi Prefecture

Mr. Teruyuki Hiraga / Miyagi Prefecture

作並系 Style: Sakunami-kei It originated in Sakunami Onsen, Miyagi Prefecture. It is made from a single piece of wood, and the body design is dominated by plum and crab-flower chrysanthemum...

Mr. Teruyuki Hiraga / Miyagi Prefecture

作並系 Style: Sakunami-kei It originated in Sakunami Onsen, Miyagi Prefecture. It is made from a single piece of wood, and the body design is dominated by plum and crab-flower chrysanthemum...

Mr. Noboru Wagatsuma / Miyagi Prefecture

Mr. Noboru Wagatsuma / Miyagi Prefecture

遠刈田系 Style: Togatta-kei It originated in Togatta-Onsen in Miyagi Pref and one of the oldest styles and it has been a production hub for wooden items since the Edo period...

Mr. Noboru Wagatsuma / Miyagi Prefecture

遠刈田系 Style: Togatta-kei It originated in Togatta-Onsen in Miyagi Pref and one of the oldest styles and it has been a production hub for wooden items since the Edo period...

Mr. Hideyuki Sato / Miyagi Prefecture

Mr. Hideyuki Sato / Miyagi Prefecture

弥治郎系 Style: Yajiro-kei Yajiro Kokeshi were first made during the Edo period (1603-) by woodworkers that gathered in Yajiro Village in Miyagi Prefecture. It florised at Kamasaki Onsen near the...

Mr. Hideyuki Sato / Miyagi Prefecture

弥治郎系 Style: Yajiro-kei Yajiro Kokeshi were first made during the Edo period (1603-) by woodworkers that gathered in Yajiro Village in Miyagi Prefecture. It florised at Kamasaki Onsen near the...

Mr. Seiji Yoshino / Yamagata Prefecture

Mr. Seiji Yoshino / Yamagata Prefecture

肘折系 Style: Hijiori-kei It originated in Hijiori Onsen in Yamagata prefecture. The style is said to have started with craftsman Denzo Kakizaki who learned to make Kokeshi in Naruko Onsen...

Mr. Seiji Yoshino / Yamagata Prefecture

肘折系 Style: Hijiori-kei It originated in Hijiori Onsen in Yamagata prefecture. The style is said to have started with craftsman Denzo Kakizaki who learned to make Kokeshi in Naruko Onsen...