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Copyright violation at Hsiung Shih-I

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Kokeshi

The archived link "Michelle Newman" should be removed. Kokeshi are not manufactured on Okinawa. There is a type of Okinawan wooden doll figure, but it is not a kokeshi. Also, her information on kokeshi origins is farfetched and simply wrong. Kokeshi were made by woodturners at the onsens in Tohoku. It was a simple invention of profitability when you couldn't make enough money selling wooden bowls and dishes to the tourists.

Here is a correct source of information from this link:

https://mingeiarts.com/discover/dolls-toys-ningyo-omocha/

All other links in the article appear to be dead except Jennifer McDowell, who is, by the way, the only kokeshi scholar in your set of links. It is an excellent source of information.

Here is another online article by her:

McDowell, Jennifer, Kokeshi: Shifting Signifiers and Wooden Tradition, 東北人類学論壇 Tohoku Anthropological Exchange 9:1-34(2010)

It is a downloadable PDF file

This link defines 'sosaku' kokeshi (not 'shingata' which is mentioned in the article and is somewhat confused with this term)

http://www.usaburo.com/en/about/index.html

You can also add as external links:

Kokeshi Wiki (Japanese only) http://kokeshiwiki.com/

which provides very detailed information on kokeshi history and artisans.