First  cover of 'IDENTIFYING JAPANESE DOLLS. NOTES ON NINGYO.'

IDENTIFYING JAPANESE DOLLS. NOTES ON NINGYO.

Baten, Lea.

144 pp.; 80 colour illus. of dolls, biblio.. Leiden, 2000. Hbk.

book nr. 5734                 € 36,50

This work not only identifies and describes ningyo, detailing their history and meaning, but also contains a complex index and one of the most extensive bibliographies on the doll motif ever published in English.