KT11 - Kokeshi Techō No. 264 — March 1983 こけし手帖

Published in March 1983 (Shōwa 58), this is Issue No. 264 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:

• The Niiyama Main Family of Yajirō Village (Part III): Life During the Feudal Domain Period — Akinobu Gotō (後藤昭信), p.2
• December Souvenir Kokeshi: Masahiro Satō (佐藤正広) — Kazuo Yamazaki (山崎一夫), p.9
• Report from the Regular Meeting — p.9
• Touring the New Year Kokeshi Exhibitions — Shizuo Yao (八尾鎮雄), p.10
• My Favourite Kokeshi — Hiroshi Matsushima (松島寛), p.15
• Members’ Salon — p.17
• Oral Recollections of Nobuo Honda (本多信夫) — p.21
• Kokeshi Articles and Literature — p.22
• News from the Kokeshi World — p.24

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.