Delicate Antique Carved Wooden Japanese Doll with Silk and Paper Kimona bear drawing "invention" written under the more

"invention" written under the more advanced paper weavings

I really might instead turn it upside down and build an alter around this one

in good shape

There is also one little ding to the wood on one end right at the center of the handle

Delicate Antique Carved Wooden Japanese Doll with Silk and Paper Kimona bear drawing "invention" written under the moreI spotted this in a case at Brimfield in July, and could not walk away from her such an exquisitely crafted Japanese doll, and an old one, c. 1900 or a bit earlier, with carved and painted wooden head and body, and real hair. I believe she would be called a "hina" doll (of which there are many types, standing and seated), which represented emperors and empresses and members of the court. The silk of her purple kimona is frayed, and much of the lower