Author: Caiger, G.
Title: Dolls on Display; Japan in Miniature, Being an Illustrated Commentary on the Girls' Festival and the Boys' Festival
Description: Tokyo, Japan, Hokuseido Press, 1933. Hardcover. Purple silk over boards with red paper title block on front cover, silk ribbon ties, color illustrated end pages, color frontispiece, xi, 141 pp, illustrated in bw with 3 color plates with tissue guards and descriptive letterpress. Colophon mounted on leaf at end. An illustrated commentary of the Girls' and Boys' Festivals. "If you visit Japan in Februrary or April, over and above the medley of everyday life, your eyes will be drawn by the colorful show in some windows and open toys shops- Japan in miniature. These are appointmens either for the Girls's Festival on March 3rd or the Boys' Festival on May 5th." - Introduction. VG- (age toning to edges, overall wear to boards, illustrations and text are clean) .

Keywords: General Asian Art ; Japanese Festivals, Japanese Dolls ; ; General Asian Art


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