KT19 - Kokeshi Techō No. 270 — September 1983 こけし手

Published in September 1983 (Shōwa 58), this is Issue No. 270 of Kokeshi Techō (こけし手帖), published by the Tokyo Kokeshi Tomo-no-kai (東京こけし友の会). Cover artwork by 三浦光美.

Contents:

• Further Tracing the Footsteps of Prince Shiibashi (椎橋親王) — Chōkichirō Shibata (柴田長吉郎), p.2
• June Souvenir Kokeshi: Okazaki Seiichi (岡崎斉一) — p.7
• Report from the Regular Meeting — p.8
• July Souvenir Kokeshi: Koseki Yukio (小関幸雄) — p.8
• Poet Horiguchi Daigaku (堀口大学) and Kokeshi — Akinobu Gotō (後藤昭信), p.9
• Members’ Salon — p.16
• Kokeshi Distributed at the June Regular Meeting — p.20
• Kokeshi Distributed at the July Regular Meeting — p.21
• Kokeshi Articles and Literature — p.22
• News from the Kokeshi World — p.26

The Tokyo Kokeshi Tomo-no-kai (東京こけし友の会), founded around 1953, is an association of kokeshi collectors, researchers, craftsmen, and enthusiasts dedicated to preserving and studying traditional kokeshi.

Its journal, Kokeshi Techō (こけし手帖), features research on individual makers, their works, exhibitions, obituaries, and collector studies. Many details preserved in older issues are difficult to find online today, making the journal a valuable reference for traditional kokeshi research.