KT21 - Kokeshi Techō No. 280 — July 1984

Published in July 1984 (Shōwa 59), this is Issue No. 280 of Kokeshi Techō (こけし手帖), published by the Tokyo Kokeshi Tomo-no-kai (東京こけし友の会).

Contents:

• Wood-Carved Rakan (Arhat) — Riichi Takeda (武田利一), p.2
• Continued: Stories Heard from Tsurumatsu Honda (本田鶴松) — Shinichi Kanno (菅野新一), p.5
• May Souvenir Kokeshi: Tsunehiko Watanabe (渡辺恒彦) — p.6
• My Favourite Kokeshi: Evening Tales of Collecting — Masao Nawa (名和昌夫), p.7
• News from the Regular Meeting — p.11
• Additional Corrections — p.11
• Reading the Reprint Edition of Kokeshi Techō — Kōtarō Kaneko (金子孝太郎), p.12
• Corrections to Issue No. 278 — p.13
• Members’ Salon — p.14
• Kokeshi Articles and Literature — p.19
• News from the Kokeshi World — p.20

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.

Size: 12.5 x 18cm
24 pages