Trip to Japan

I just came back from a trip to Japan the other day.
This time, my son and I went back to see my family, so I did not have any personal events.

However, I went to help out Alan Pate’s doll tour group from the U.S. for their visit to Kaiko-Doll in Tokyo.
Kaiko-Doll exhibited and sold many rare dolls, including a friendship-doll size Ichimatsu doll by Hirata Goyo, as well as articulated body Ichimatsu dolls and posed dolls also by Goyo.
The large friendship size doll was a real beauty, and was a perfect duplicate of a Goyo friendship-doll in my town. ( except she had closed mouth, the one in Reno has open mouth with teeth ) I was very lucky to be able to see her.
That evening, we went on a cruise on the Sumida River with the tour group and Japanese doll artists. Unfortunately, it was raining, but it was quite nice to see the skyscrapers and the Skytree in the rain.

先日日本へ行ってきました。

今回は息子と私の実家へ帰省したので、私個人のイベントはありませんでしたが、アメリカからのドールツアーの皆様が懐古どおるさんにいらっしゃるので、少しお手伝いに行ってきました。

今回懐古どおるさんには、平田郷陽作の答礼人形サイズの市松人形をはじめ、同じく郷陽の自由人形、ポーズ人形など、他にもレアなお人形がたくさん展示販売されていました。

特に答礼モデルの大きな市松は、私が住んでいる街にある郷陽作の答礼人形と瓜二つで、本当に素晴らしい子でした。この子を観れただけでも本当にラッキーでした。

その日の夜は、ツアーの皆さんと日本の人形作家さん達とで隅田川の屋形船クルーズに出かけました。あいにくの雨でしたが、雨でかすんだビル街やスカイツリーもなかなかオツでした。

Friendship-doll size Ichimatsu doll by Goyo, she was made for domestic sales in 1920’s
She has very similar face to a friendship-doll exhibited in museum in Reno
smaller size Goyo doll with rare articulated composition body
Kaiko-doll also has so many fabulous French and German dolls
at river cruise with Alan Scott pate and doll artist Kokan and Meisho, owner of Kaiko doll Michiko
Having fun inside the boat with sasimi and tempra
view of Tokyo bay from the boat

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