Rare set creative Kokeshi by Masao Watanabe (1917-2007)

Cute little set, one is decorated with maple leaves and the other one with flowers.

Born in Fukushima, Watanabe-san studied under Traditional Yajirou Master Sato, Tatsuo of Miyagi Prefecture. After relocation to America, Masao Watanabe, , was incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly center in Washington, and transferred to the Minidoka internment camp, Idaho during World War II. Arguably, the most popular and prolific of the 20th/c Sosaku Kokeshi artists, he began his craft in the early 1950s.  

 Height: 9cm and 14cm

Weight: 220g

Please look carefully at the pictures to determine the condition of the kokeshi.