Фарфоровая шарнирная кукла "Асикага Масахиро"

This character was inspired by the culture and romance of medieval Japan, which was not as romantic as shown in the movies or in the books, but we would like to believe that this was the case and that some people were really aware of the concept of honor and sought to virtue.
At the birth of this character there was created a lot of accessories for the maintenance of atmosphere of the time and the history of the doll. All accessories and outfit made by our hands from natural materials, they were all filled with the greatest possible accuracy of the time, replica swords are like swords of our previous dolls – Asp and Sozo.
The doll is made of porcelain and painted with china paints, assembled on elastic cord and lined with genuine leather. Mohair wig is mounted on magnet. His height – 36 cm (14 inches). The top and under kimono and hakama trousers, underwear, tabi socks, hiking bracers and protective covers on the handles of swords are made of cotton, the obi belt – made of natural silk ribbons and embroidered lace, sandals woven from coarse thread. Utensil made of porcelain and painted with china paints, a bottle of sake plugged with wooden cork and bandaged with the coarse thread. Chopsticks made of wood. Swords are the a miniature copy of the Japanese katana swords and wakizashi and have detachable parts.
The blade and tsuba (guard) are made of steel. Habaki, kashira, seppa and fuchi – brass. The handle is fixed with wooden wedge. Ito and koiguchi – synthetic cord. Balsa sheath painted with acrylics and varnished.
Flute and hiking bottle made of bamboo. The hat is made from dried sedge on the frame of bamboo fibers with cotton pads for the head and the coarse thread. Also included a stand for swords carved from a linden, painted with ink and vanished, utensil cleaned in a box made of paper, glued several layers of thick paper, colored with fixed acrylic paints.
All clothing and attributes are handmade and created by Japanese clothes patterns, sketches and video to create a historically accurate way.
2016. The doll is one of a kind and is available for purchase. In the case of a sale it is possible to do similar work on order.
More pics and video presentation you can see in my blog!