Antique Japanese
Saishiki Painted Wood Netsuke
Tachi-Bina Emperor Empress Dolls
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Type: Katabori (Sculptural) Netsuke / Doll of Tachi-Bina (Prince & Princess, or Emperor and Empress) Dolls for Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival / Girl's Day)
Material: Painted Wood
Age: Edo Period (1603-1868) or Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Origin/Maker: Likely Osaka or Nara, Japan. Unsigned.
Painted ittobori netsuke of Noh actors were typically from Nara. Painted ittobori netsuke of tea pickers were from nearby Uji. Other Saishiki painted netsuke could sometimes be attributed to Yoshimura Shuzan and his followers from nearby Osaka, Japan. Unpainted ittobori netsuke were from Hida Takayama.
Size: 2" tall (5.08 cm) by 1 1/8" wide (2.8575 cm) by 1/2" deep (1.27 cm)
Weight: 0.2 oz (5 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Seller from Hyogo, Japan, 3 NOV 2025
Condition: Item is used in fair condition commensurate with age, see photos. Some surface wear and wear to painted design.
Subject: Painted wood ittobori (single knife) carved netsuke of a pair of Tachi-bina dolls for Hina Matsuri, their kimono painted with traditional designs of pine trees and wisteria flowers. This is a rare subject for netsuke, and possibly was a child's netsuke for celebrating Hina Matsuri.
Tachi-bina (Standing Hina for Hina Matsuri): Tachi-bina can be made of paper at home. They are considered to be the earliest form of the dairi-bina displayed on Hina Matsuri. They represent a man (large, with outstretched protective arms) and a woman (smaller, armless), and are thought to echo the contrasting shapes of the amagatsu and hoko doll. When made of paper or inexpensive materials, these ningyo are appropriate for the nagashi-bina purification ceremony, (also below) which is the ancestor of Hina Matsuri, in which dolls are touched or rubbed to absorb one’s sins, and then thrown into a river. A single doll, used as a kind of proxy for the person being purified, is used for this ceremony in the Tale of Genji, (10th century classic Japanese literature) but modern nagashi-bina usually use pairs of dolls.
quintessentialantiquedolls.wordpress.com/2019/08/09/ningyo-an-overview-of-japanese-dolls-part-2/
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Antique Japanese Saishiki Painted Wood Netsuke Tachi-Bina Emperor Empress Dolls
www.ebay.com/usr/xcoasterxtreme
See also:
Type: Katabori (Sculptural) Netsuke / Doll of Tachi-Bina (Prince & Princess, or Emperor and Empress) Dolls for Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival / Girl's Day)
Material: Painted Wood
Age: Edo Period (1603-1868) or Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Origin/Maker: Likely Osaka or Nara, Japan. Unsigned.
Painted ittobori netsuke of Noh actors were typically from Nara. Painted ittobori netsuke of tea pickers were from nearby Uji. Other Saishiki painted netsuke could sometimes be attributed to Yoshimura Shuzan and his followers from nearby Osaka, Japan. Unpainted ittobori netsuke were from Hida Takayama.
Size: 2" tall (5.08 cm) by 1 1/8" wide (2.8575 cm) by 1/2" deep (1.27 cm)
Weight: 0.2 oz (5 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Seller from Hyogo, Japan, 3 NOV 2025
Condition: Item is used in fair condition commensurate with age, see photos. Some surface wear and wear to painted design.
Subject: Painted wood ittobori (single knife) carved netsuke of a pair of Tachi-bina dolls for Hina Matsuri, their kimono painted with traditional designs of pine trees and wisteria flowers. This is a rare subject for netsuke, and possibly was a child's netsuke for celebrating Hina Matsuri.
Tachi-bina (Standing Hina for Hina Matsuri): Tachi-bina can be made of paper at home. They are considered to be the earliest form of the dairi-bina displayed on Hina Matsuri. They represent a man (large, with outstretched protective arms) and a woman (smaller, armless), and are thought to echo the contrasting shapes of the amagatsu and hoko doll. When made of paper or inexpensive materials, these ningyo are appropriate for the nagashi-bina purification ceremony, (also below) which is the ancestor of Hina Matsuri, in which dolls are touched or rubbed to absorb one’s sins, and then thrown into a river. A single doll, used as a kind of proxy for the person being purified, is used for this ceremony in the Tale of Genji, (10th century classic Japanese literature) but modern nagashi-bina usually use pairs of dolls.
quintessentialantiquedolls.wordpress.com/2019/08/09/ningyo-an-overview-of-japanese-dolls-part-2/
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Antique Japanese Saishiki Painted Wood Netsuke Tachi-Bina Emperor Empress Dolls
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