Objects of love, hate, shamanism, utility: the millennium-long history of the deep and complex ties between dolls and the Japanese.
From the earliest curse dolls a thousand years ago to the hugely popular character figures of today, objects representing human beings have enjoyed a long and varied place in Japanese life. But precisely because they are so diverse and adaptable, they have never been defined as an individual category within art scholarship, and the nature of their existence remains altogether ambiguous and poorly investigated.
Sicherheitshinweis:
Seigensha Verlag
Idea Books
Nieuwe Hemweg 14E
1013 BG Amsterdam.
The Netherlands
idea@ideabooks.nl