A vintage omiyage (souvenir) kokeshi doll characterized by its combination of traditional kokeshi features and playful, regional design. The doll’s head is fixed and softly painted, with charming floral hair details and a demure expression that exudes innocence. This piece has its integrated base a rustic, shallow dish carved from the same wood, which gives it the appearance of standing in a floating vessel or basin.
Painted landscape motifs of pine trees and stylized waves wrap around the body, evoking the feeling of a peaceful onsen (hot spring) setting, referencing a regional spa town, which these omiyage kokeshi often commemorate. The top-heavy design with its curving, hourglass-shaped body lends it an almost toy-like silhouette, suggestive of mid-century experimental forms often seen in tourist folk dolls of the 1950s–1970s.
