Standing Hina Dolls, Japanese Tachi-bina Ningyo
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The Tachi bina is an older form of Japanese Hina dolls from the early Edo period(1603-1827). The earlier Tachi bina were not made to stand up, instead they were made to lay down or lean on the display. The faces of this set appear to be old with a beautiful sparkle on white gofun crashed/ground oyster shell, Kyoho-bina from mid Edo period. The silk brocade has washi paper backing (with washi hand made Japanese paper). The hair of empress doll is original but very brittle and almost all detached from her head. This can be shaped (with your hand to some extent - most of older standing hina dolls, particularly female dolls, had lost their hair by now. The emperor is 12 1/2 inches, the empress, 9 3/4 inches tall.
