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.