Vintage Sōsaku Kokeshi Camellia Girl by Kazuo Takamizawa, Japan, 1970s

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Vintage “sōsaku” kokeshi by Kazuo Takamizawa, titled “Camellia Girl,” dating from the 1970s, Shōwa period, Japan.

Dimensions: height 21 cm, … Read more Vintage “sōsaku” kokeshi by Kazuo Takamizawa, titled “Camellia Girl,” dating from the 1970s, Shōwa period, Japan.

Dimensions: height 21 cm, diameter 9 cm.

This understated kokeshi is crafted from natural wood with warm tones, whose grain is an essential element of the design. The rounded head, small bun, and refined facial features give the figurine a calm and gentle expression.

The body is adorned with subtle motifs, pyrographed and hand-painted in various shades of brown. This decoration echoes Takamizawa’s early works, in which he often combined the natural grain of the wood with discreet pyrographed details.

Kazuo Takamizawa is a renowned artist in the Japanese tradition of kokeshi sōsaku, recognized for his serene faces, harmonious forms, and refined use of the wood’s natural grain and botanical motifs. This piece has an attribution mark,
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