Samurai Doll for Girl’s Day Dolls (Hinamatsuri Ningyo)

Japan

Taisho period (1912-1926), About 1920

  • Titles Samurai Doll for Girl's Day Dolls (Hinamatsuri Ningyo) (Descriptive)
  • Artist Japan
  • Credit Line Gift of Christine Wedgworth Bell in memory of her husband, Lieutenant Commander Vernon Bell, USN, 2002.49.12a-e
  • Object Name doll
  • Classification Furnishings and Equipment

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