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1𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒐 (高長木芸) wood craft They are called Snow Mountain Kokeshi 雪やけこけし. There are only 2 generations of makers and were started in the 1960s. Production center is Ichinoseki sold by T̵a̵k̵a̵n̵a̵g̵a̵ 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒐 woodcraft. They only use 3 types of wood Yamazakura, Zelkova and Enju. The 1st gen is 高橋 長壽 Takahashi Nagatoshi and 2nd gen is 高橋 静夫 Takahashi Shizuo. They use to have a website but as of 2016 it is now defunct.
Note: Artist sign their work "𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒐 Saku" for the name of their business and not with their given name. Update: The name of the business was previously thought to be read Takanaga but thanks to Kikidee Otsuki, who confirmed with the artisan, it has been validated that, as suggested by Sue Lynn Takagi, the reading for the name of the business is 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒐 wood crafts.
2𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒐 (高長木芸) wood craft They are called Snow Mountain Kokeshi 雪やけこけし. There are only 2 generations of makers and were started in the 1960s. Production center is Ichinoseki sold by T̵a̵k̵a̵n̵a̵g̵a̵ 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒐 woodcraft. They only use 3 types of wood Yamazakura, Zelkova and Enju. The 1st gen is 高橋 長壽 Takahashi Nagatoshi and 2nd gen is 高橋 静夫 Takahashi Shizuo. They use to have a website but as of 2016 it is now defunct.
Note: Artist sign their work "𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒐 Saku" for the name of their business and not with their given name. Update: The name of the business was previously thought to be read Takanaga but thanks to Kikidee Otsuki, who confirmed with the artisan, it has been validated that, as suggested by Sue Lynn Takagi, the reading for the name of the business is 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒐 wood crafts.
