kokeshin.
/ˈkəʊkɛʃi/ A kind of wooden Japanese doll.
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Dutch doll1797
Russian doll1910
matryoshka1948
peg doll1950
kokeshi1959
1959 R. Kirkbride Tamiko xxii. 172 He bought Tamiko a kokeshi doll.
1970 J. Kirkup Japan behind Fan 63 Some stalls were selling celluloid masks and kokeshi.
1973 R. Littell Defection of A. J. Lewinter iv. 19 Sarah's ‘things’—sea shells..Japanese kokeshi dolls, paperweights.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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