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2015/01/22


'Nisunbina' Dolls Owned by Tatsuuma-Honke, Sake Brewer in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture

(Courtesy of Meguro Gajoen)



     Nisunbina literally means '2-inch-tall hina' and the dolls were made in the early Showa era by top Kyoto craftsman Oki Heizo V. They are the smallest Maruhei hina dolls having eyeballs

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