Cat kokeshi doll-2 猫こけし | KOYAMA, Yoshimi 小山芳美工人 | Togatta style 遠刈田系 | 7.5cm in height

Do you love cats and also wood?

This is a Neko kokeshi doll, by KOYAMA Yoshimi who is a Togatta style kokeshi craftsperson. Neko means cat in Japanese.

She made 4 kinds of cats this time, which are yellow and gray tabbies, calico and bicolor. 
In these cute cats, we can see the natural wooden discoloration, which looks like cat fur and the soft cat bodies pattern, painted with watercolor painting smudges. Those dolls use unique properties of wood.

猫はお好きですか？そして、木ならではの自然の変化も。。。

遠刈田系こけしの小山芳美工人から茶色とグレーのトラ、三毛猫、ぶち猫、4種類の猫こけし達が届きました。木地に見える変化はまるで猫の柔らかな毛のようにも見えます。
自然の木ならではの風合いもお楽しみいただける猫こけしです。

craftsperson : KOYAMA, Yoshimi 小山芳美
style : Togatta 遠刈田系
She was born in Niigata prefecture, which is next to the Tohoku region.
After graduating university and worked elsewhere, she was recruited by kokeshi craftspeople development project of Togatta in Miyagi prefecture in 2016. She became an apprentice of HIRAMA, Katsuji (1941-), she started making kokeshi dolls with her signature from 2019.

1981年生まれ
2016年より遠刈田系伝統こけし新規工人育成事業にて木地修行を始める
遠刈田系こけし平間勝治工人の元で伝統こけしを学び、2019年より工人として製作開始

Approx. dimensions
- height 高さ : 7.5cm / 2.95inch
- diameter 直径 : head 頭 2.8cm / 1.10inch, width 幅 6.5cm / 2.55inch
- weight 重さ : 62.0g

[Please consider the following ]
- Our Kokeshis are painted with water colors, so they can be easily damaged by water. Please use a dry cloth to clean it.
- Our kokeshi are made of wood, so please avoid exposure to direct sunlight or heat. Humidity may damage the kokeshi. Please avoid excess moisture. (especially direct air from the air conditioner damages to the kokeshi dolls.)

 [About shipment ]
We send your parcel by DHL to the world. The estimated time will be 5-10 days. The shipment fee will be calculated by the number of products you buy. Please double check your registered sending address on Shopify before completing your order. Every shipment has the tracking number. We will send you the number after shipping your parcel.

[ Custom Tariff ]
Every customer is responsible for any customs and taxes when you import items from Japan. Especially, the customers from EU, UK and some other countries, sorry this shop doesn’t accept IOSS in those countries. The delivery staff will ask you to pay the tax when they deliver. We are not responsible for delays due to customs.

日本国内へは佐川急便での発送となります。ホームページ右上の言語を「日本語」にご設定いただくと、ご注文ページで配達時間帯をご指定いただけます。

※パソコンやスマートフォンなど、ご覧になられる環境により商品写真の色と実際の色が異なる場合があります。どうぞご了承ください。
※こけしの顔や模様は水性染料で描かれているため、たいへん水に弱いです。色落ちを避けるためにも、お掃除の際は乾いた布で拭いてあげてください。
※こけしは木でできています。急な乾燥や直射日光、暖房器具の近くを避けてお楽しみください。また、あまり湿気の多い場所ですとカビが生えることがありますのでご注意ください。
※梱包には若干、再利用品を使用させていただきます。ご了承ください。