Rare Vintage Creative Kokeshi By Kahei Katase (1922-2015)

Rare kokeshi by Kahei Katase, with a hair style from th Edo period called a Taka-shimada.

Born in the town of Hakone, Katase-san won the first Prime Minister’s Award in 1954 at the ‘All Nippon Kokeshi Competition’. Along with many of his fellow Sosaku artists, Katase-san was a soldier, and perhaps turned to creative Kokeshi-making to assuage the rigors of a long war.

Height: 27cm

Weight: 240g

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