Published in November 1984 (Shōwa 59), this is Issue No. 284 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 Zenji Satō (佐藤善二).
Contents:
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Kokeshi Notes: The Night-Crying Pine of Shidodaira / Old Kokeshi and Kokeshi Flutes of Yokokawame — Chōkichirō Shibata (柴田長吉郎), p.2
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September Souvenir Kokeshi: Masanori Onodera (小野寺正徳) — p.4
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Various Thoughts on the Value of Kokeshi — Chieko Udagawa (宇田川智恵子), p.5
- Corrections to Kokeshi Techō Issue No. 282 — p.6
- Request Regarding Membership Fee Payments — p.6
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Visiting Ōisawa and Hijiori — Akira Negishi (根岸晃), p.7
- News from the Regular Meeting — p.8
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Report on the National Kokeshi Festival — Shōji Tezuka (手塚正二), p.9
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Song: A Memento of Travels in Youth — p.11
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Song: This Heart, Gently Full — The Mountain Woodturners’ Hut — p.16
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Sketches from the Festival — Riichi Takeda (武田利一), p.12
- Kokeshi Distributed at the September Regular Meeting — p.14
- Members’ Salon — p.17
- Kokeshi Articles and Literature — p.21
- News from the Kokeshi World — p.22
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.
