Lea Baten's unique and resourceful book assists in identifying the familiar and unfamiliar figurines known as ningyo, and explores the roots of the word itself: both meanings, doll' and human shape, are associated with play and ritual, life and death. These dolls are not necessarily just ...
piThe Temple of the Wild Geese/i, a semi-autobiographical account of Mizukami's childhood, tells the tale of Jinen, a Buddhist monk raised by villagers after his mother, a beggar, abandoned him. Sent to live at a temple at the age of ten, his resentment smolders for years until it explodes in a ...
Imported from the Japanese manufacturer Jun Planning this Corpse Bride Pastor Galswells collector's doll is sure to delight fans worldwide. So pleased was director Tim Burton with Jun Planning's work on The Nightmare Before Christmas dolls, that he personally requested they produce the collection ...
Joined in eternity by Scrap the skeli-dog, Victor and the Corpse Bride are lovingly packaged together forever in a Piano Box/Coffin, complete with simulated lining and keyboard. Imported from Japan, and based on the lead characters from Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride, these dolls are fully ...