Thursday February 16, 2012

Paper-made dolls

Paper-made dolls
PHOTO BY TARO FUJIMOTO

An employee of traditional Japanese doll maker Kyugetsu Corp in Tokyo’s Asakusabashi shows paper-made “Hina-ningyo” which feature major league baseball player Ichiro, left, and actress Aoi Miyazaki. “Hinamatsuri” (Doll’s Festival) is held on March 3 to pray for young girls’ growth and happiness. Kyugetsu did a survey and Ichiro and Miyazaki were chosen by parents and grandparents as the most ideal persons that they would like their children and grandchildren to be like in the future.

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    some14some

    Girl holding paper seems ideal to me ! Beautiful smile you dont find in paper dolls !

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    spudman

    great picture of day, thanks Mr Fujimoto. That smile is infectious!

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    Sarge

    I definitely needed the small shadow of Ichiro in his baseball helmet and holding the bat to see that it's him in that green robe.

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    bandacleo

    Ichiro ??? I thought it was Darth Vadar !

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    Sarge

    bandacleo - Har!

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    PuffinMuffin

    cool, but is it all in paper, I see hints of nice fabric there

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    eresay

    Yeah cute chick, nice one

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    tclh

    I like her huge smile...a lots.

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    SushiSake3

    She's terribly cute! :-) I think it's the first time I've seen a wall-to-wall, deep-hearted, totally genuine smile in almost 8 years in Japan! :-)

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    likeitis

    No! Stop smiling! You will get laugh lines!

    But, nice teeth!

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    Betzee

    “Hinamatsuri” (Doll’s Festival) is held on March 3 to pray for young girls’ growth and happiness.

    I saw an exhibit about this in the Nagoya Airport a few years ago. It was much more interesting than duty free shopping!

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    Nessie

    I saw an exhibit about this in the Nagoya Airport a few years ago. It was much more interesting than duty free shopping!

    Damning with faint praise, Betz?

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    Betzee

    You got me, Nessie.

    In fact, as I recall, these beautiful paper made "decorative items" are supposed to be tossed into the river as part of a purification ceremony of Chinese origin which falls on the third day of the third month.

    Now it would be very difficult for me to throw something so lovely into a river. Duty-free goods, well I could hurl that mass-produced overpriced junk in lickedy split and feel like I did my bit to purify the world!

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    earthcreature

    Wow she is beautiful!!... ohh yea nice paper dolls :P... She's sooow keuwt

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