Japanese wooden doll, KOKESHI VINTAGE, Masamune, One-eyed Dragon12 cm

Japanese wooden doll - vintage kokeshi. Made in japan

Authentic doll made in the 70s

Kokeshis are traditional Japanese dolls, originally from Tohoku, northern Japan, kokeshi were created over 150 years ago. They are made from several species of wood, depending on the part of the body. These Japanese wooden dolls are offered, in the Japanese tradition, to declare friendship or love to the person who receives it.

The one-eyed dragon

The famous Lord Date Masamune (1567-1636) was born at Yonezawa Castle, stronghold of the Date clan which ruled the vast domain of Dewa (current Akita and Yamagata prefectures). At the time, there were many conflicts, with warlords hungry for power. As a child, Masamune lost his right eye to smallpox, earning him the nickname Dokuganryû (“the One-Eyed Dragon”). A brilliant strategist at the head of the clan, his reputation will be made on the battlefield, winning victory after victory.

The history of the city of Sendai begins in 1600, with the Battle of Sekigahara. Masamune sided with Tokugawa Ieyasu's victorious forces and would later receive the lands that would become Sendai's domain. Only a year later, Masamune built a castle on Mount Aoba and the lands of the neighboring town. These lands would become the city of Sendai, today the largest in the Tôhoku region, the northeast of the country.

In the past, the wealth of an estate was assessed according to its rice cultivation capacity, measured in koku (equivalent to approximately 180 liters). The Sendai domain was among the most prosperous in the country. Third ahead of the Maeda clan of the Kaga domain (today Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures) with 1 millionkoku and the Shimazu clan of the Satsuma domain (today Prefecture of Kagoshima) with 730,000koku, he had 620,000koku.