A vintage issue of Kokeshi Techō (こけし手帖), published by the Tokyo Kokeshi Tomo-no-kai (東京こけし友の会), a long-established collectors’ association dedicated to traditional Japanese kokeshi.
This is Issue No. 303, published in June 1986 (Shōwa 61). The pale blue-green cover features a stylized kokeshi with red floral decoration, with cover artwork by Shōgo Takahashi (高橋正吾).
Selected contents include:
A biographical chronology of kokeshi craftsman Fumio Satō (佐藤文男)
The Craftsman’s Spirit and Me (工人魂と私)
A memorial article for Fumio Satō
Oku no Hosomichi – A Journey with Kokeshi (6)
Fragments of Recollection (6)
Results of the 28th All-Japan Kokeshi Competition
Notes on judging the All-Japan Kokeshi Competition
Kokeshi-related essays and collector observations
April omiyage kokeshi
Members’ Salon
Kokeshi articles, literature and community news
Kokeshi Techō is a valuable period publication for collectors and researchers, documenting individual craftsmen, regional traditions, competitions, collecting culture and the post-war preservation of Japanese kokeshi.
Size: 12.5 x 18cm
32 pages
