KT15 - Kokeshi Techō No. 267 — June 1983 こけし手帖

Published in June 1983 (Shōwa 58), this is Issue No. 267 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 Tatsuo Satō (佐藤辰雄).

Contents:

• Veteran Craftsman Kihei Watanabe (渡辺喜平) of Sabako — Chōkichirō Shibata (柴田長吉郎), p.2
• Announcement of the Autumn Excursion — p.6
• Kokeshi Distributed at the March and April Regular Meetings — p.7
• Idle Thoughts of “Takobōzu”: Traditional Nakanozawa Kokeshi — Nobuo Honda (本多信夫), p.8
• Miscellaneous Thoughts on Kokeshi — Hiroshi Matsushima (松島寛), p.11
• March Souvenir Kokeshi: Abe Heishirō (阿部平四郎) and Yōko (陽子) — Kazuo Yamazaki (山崎一夫), p.12
• News from the Regular Meeting — p.13
• Notices from the Association — p.13
• Shiroishi All-Japan Kokeshi Competition — p.14
• List of Prize Winners — p.15
• News from the Regular Meeting — p.16
• Members’ Salon — p.16
• Kokeshi Articles and Literature — p.19
• News from the Kokeshi World — p.21

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.