Vintage Sosaku Kokeshi made by Watanabe Masao (1917-2007)

Vintage Sosaku Kokeshi made by Watanabe Masao (1917-2007)  Wears a lovely kimono with carved pattern.

 

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.  

 

Titled: Chamekko

Height: 37cm

Weight: 1480g

 

Please look carefully at the pictures to determine the condition of the item. Has a crack on the top of her head! She also has stains.