Asian Ball Jointed Dolls

Dark Marchen Alice

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Alice chased the white rabbit into a hole and fell into the underworld. There, awaiting her, was a strange land where it was forever 3 pm. Princess Rose and Prince Giggles live there with their servants.

The dolls are by Mari Shimizu.

Watch it in bits here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ggyP6PqIf4&index=1&list=PLB36A7E113D37EE39

Hina Dolls

Kokeshi Dolls

Watch the art of making Japanese Kokeshi Dolls here:
https://www.facebook.com/mymodernmet/videos/vb.60878984298/10153894005959299/?type=2&theater

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Tari Nakagawa

Naruto Dolls

Find them here:

http://doll.mda.or.jp/~naruto/

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Japanese Doll Artists

Picture is Amano Katan:

Find books and magazine featuring the Japanese doll artists that we love here:

Akatako.net :

http://www.akatako.net/catalog/japanese-artists/

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Japanese Turkey

A freezing Japanese guy used a sweater to turn himself into a turkey:

http://www.boredpanda.com/japanese-man-turkey-sweater-mr-sebuyama/

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Koitsukihime

Exhibition in Kyoto.

140 cm dolls.

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Satomi Hirota

View the work here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11295272@N07/

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Bad Apple

Doll Exhibition in Japan

Cherry Blossoms in Japan

Taken by Roxy630.

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Etsuko Miura

Japanese doll artist Etsuko Miura can be found here: http://dolly.vivian.jp/gsn_doll/  .  Information on the past exhibitions of this artist are here: http://www.akatako.net/content/etsuko-miura-cv

Kai Akemi

Sit back, click on the sound, and enjoy the introduction to this Japanese doll artist:
http://tokachi.com/kai/

Rose Alice

Japanese doll artist Mari Shimizu's work has been brought to film. This collaborative work tackles our perennial favorite "Alice in Wonderland" once again and looks like it will rival Tim Burton's version for visual splendor and sheer delight. Visit the official site here http://www.rose-alice.net/ .

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Kyo Otake

Yes, this is a doll. We're not going to argue whether or not it has a soul. It is quite evident that it does.

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It is one of the life size works of Japanese ball jointed doll artist Kyo Otake. The dolls are stone clay over a carved Styrofoam armature.

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See more of her beautiful work on her official website which is here:

http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~okyou3/

Ball Joint Doll Gallery

Turn the sound on; you will find it is gentle and complementary. Settle into your comfy armchair for a moment and pretend that you have traveled across the world to Japan where you are able to attend a high end doll show.
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Enjoy the following short colorful slide show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zKeWbq2Jns

Simon Yotsuya

"If you taught me how to sculpt, then who taught you?" someone asked me one day.

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I said with a shrug, "My mother? I started at four years old with PlayDoh. Perhaps, no one taught me."

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Certainly, I grew up with no great love of dolls. I never even knew that the figures I'd made for my whole life were dolls. I made them because I could. I made them move because Barbie couldn't.

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Thinking of that, I decided to follow up on the name which was given as Akagi Shigure's inspiration: doll master, Simon Yotsuya.

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You can find Simon's work here: http://www.simon-yotsuya.net/oeuvre/galerie0.htm Be sure to click on the little square Japanese worded boxes along the bottom of the page; there is quite alot to see.

Akagi Shigure

A Japanese doll artist with a decidedly modern bent. For those who always ask, "How tall?" The answer in this case is: lifesize.

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Enjoy this article on him here: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.otaku2.com/images/article_pic/content/1216824227-AkagiDoll2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.otaku2.com/articleView.php%3Fitem%3D103&usg=___U7cYPg2kkCGi3g-SZmrrRyRv14=&h=394&w=580&sz=138&hl=en&start=98&tbnid=ZlXoiykckOI2IM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=134&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dball%2Bjointed%2Bdoll%2Bblog%26start%3D90%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4ACAW_enUS298US299%26sa%3DN