{"product_id":"kokeshi-japonaise-vintage-style-sakunami-signee-hiraga-tadashi-31cm","title":"Vintage Japanese Kokeshi – Sakunami style – signed Hiraga Tadashi (平賀忠) – 31cm","description":"\u003ch3 data-end=\"663\" data-start=\"638\"\u003e📐 Features:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1330\" data-start=\"664\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"677\" data-start=\"664\"\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japan, Sakunami (Miyagi Prefecture), found in Kanagawa Prefecture.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1330\" data-start=\"664\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"773\" data-start=\"761\"\u003ePeriod:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shōwa Era, circa 1960s–1990s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1330\" data-start=\"664\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"824\" data-start=\"813\"\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sakunami-kei (作並系), \u003cstrong data-end=\"862\" data-start=\"845\"\u003eDentō kokeshi\u003c\/strong\u003e (伝統こけし)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1330\" data-start=\"664\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"886\" data-start=\"873\"\u003eArtisan:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hiraga Tadashi (平賀忠, 1937–2000)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1330\" data-start=\"664\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"1003\" data-start=\"989\"\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hand-painted turned wood, natural finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1330\" data-start=\"664\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"1067\" data-start=\"1054\"\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 31 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1330\" data-start=\"664\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"1088\" data-start=\"1076\"\u003eMotifs:\u003c\/strong\u003e wild apple blossoms \u003cstrong data-end=\"1129\" data-start=\"1115\"\u003eズミの花（酸実の花）\u003c\/strong\u003e, typical of Sakunami\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1330\" data-start=\"664\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"1166\" data-start=\"1151\"\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e black ink calligraphy under the base (artisan's signature)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1330\" data-start=\"664\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"1246\" data-start=\"1236\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good vintage condition – even patina, no notable defects.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-end=\"1385\" data-start=\"1332\"\u003eThe Artisan: Hiraga Tadashi (平賀忠, 1937–2000)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1625\" data-start=\"1386\"\u003eBorn on \u003cstrong data-end=\"1413\" data-start=\"1392\"\u003eSeptember 28, 1937\u003c\/strong\u003e in Sakunami (Miyagi), Hiraga Tadashi was the eldest son of \u003cstrong data-end=\"1485\" data-start=\"1470\"\u003eHiraga Tazō\u003c\/strong\u003e. His father went to war in 1941 and died in Guadalcanal in 1943: Tadashi never had the opportunity to learn directly from him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2001\" data-start=\"1627\"\u003eAfter graduating from Hirose College in 1953, he began an apprenticeship in woodturning at the age of \u003cstrong data-end=\"1686\" data-start=\"1676\"\u003e17\u003c\/strong\u003e with \u003cstrong data-end=\"1742\" data-start=\"1721\"\u003eKobayashi Seitarō\u003c\/strong\u003e in Yamagata. In 1956, he joined his uncle \u003cstrong data-end=\"1816\" data-start=\"1798\"\u003eHiraga Kenjirō's\u003c\/strong\u003e workshop in Sakunami, then started making kokeshi in \u003cstrong data-end=\"1854\" data-start=\"1846\"\u003e1957\u003c\/strong\u003e. In \u003cstrong data-end=\"1898\" data-start=\"1890\"\u003e1967\u003c\/strong\u003e, he opened his own workshop, next to Kenjirō's. He passed away on \u003cstrong data-end=\"1991\" data-start=\"1972\"\u003eDecember 7, 2000\u003c\/strong\u003e (aged 64).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-end=\"2031\" data-start=\"2003\"\u003eAesthetic details:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2401\" data-start=\"2032\"\u003eThis Sakunami kokeshi embodies elegant simplicity:\u003cbr data-end=\"2089\" data-start=\"2086\"\u003eA peaceful face with half-closed eyes, finely and balanced drawn. Deep black hair, with red touches on the temples. Slender cylindrical body, vertically decorated with \u003cstrong data-end=\"2268\" data-start=\"2260\"\u003eズミの花\u003c\/strong\u003e (wild apple blossoms), an emblematic Sakunami motif. Light wood, carefully turned, soft grain, simple and harmonious finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-end=\"2419\" data-start=\"2403\"\u003e🦝 We like:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2707\" data-start=\"2420\"\u003eA \u003cstrong data-end=\"2441\" data-start=\"2424\"\u003eDentō kokeshi\u003c\/strong\u003e signed by an important artisan of the rather rare Sakunami style. \u003cstrong\u003eFun fact\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003eHiraga Tadashi's kokeshi had a thin base and were therefore, in his early days, not very popular with tourists because they lacked stability! 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