No.1  "Tsugaru Special"

● Aomori Pref. Kokeshi in Owani, Nuruyu Hot Spring.  Apple pie stores.  Apple-Kokeshi.

(Aomori is the most famous apple production area)

[All color 112 pages] \1,500 + tax

● Article of recommendation:　Akira Suei 末井昭 / Contribution: Yoshitomo Nara 奈良美智

●Appendix: Production map, Kokeshi poster 

 

No.2  "Nanbu Special"

● Iwate Pref.  Kokeshi in Hanamaki Morioka. Kina-Kina-Kokeshi (pacifier).

Tea shops in Morioka.

Kokeshi beloved by Michizo Tachihara 立原道造.
[All color 104 pages] \1,500 + tax

● Article of recommendation: Kyoichi Tsuzuki 都築響一 / Contribution: Rica Fukuda 福田里香

●Appendix: Kokeshi mascot calendar"

 

No.3  "Tsuchiyu Special"

● Fukushima Pref.  Kokeshi in Tsuchiyu Hot Spring. Mystery of beautiful wheel line which is a feature of Tsuchiyu style Kokeshi.
[All color 144 pages] \1.500 + tax

● Article of recommendation: Miyoko Yodogawa 淀川美代子　 / Contribution: Kahoru Fukaya 深谷かほる.

●Appendix: Kokeshi-face-printed Tenugui (Japanese facecloth)

 

No.3 & 5  "Tsuchiyu Special"

● Fukushima Pref. Part II.  Kokeshi in Nakanosawa Hot Spring and Iizaka (famous for mackerel).  Kokeshi of Octopus-priest (popular character).

[All color 160 pages] \1,500 + tax

● Article of recommendation: Shigeo Goto 後藤繁雄　 / Contribution: Kenji Oikawa 及川賢治 (100% ORANGE)

● Appendix: Pen of friendship from Russia

 

No.4  "Sakunami Special"

● Miyagi Pref.  Kokeshi in Sendai and Sakunami Hot Spring. Their Kokeshi was a children's toy with the thin body so that children could hold it easily.

[All color 120 pages + 64 page booklet]

\1,500 + tax

● Article of recommendation: Naoya Matsuki 松木直也

● Appendix: Photo album of Genqui Numata "Hisaichi Kokeshi Hitoritabi 被災地こけし一人旅, Traveling alone in the disaster area"

 

No.5  "Naruko Special"

● Miyagi Pref.  Kokeshi in Naruko Hot Spring.  Travel the largest Kokeshi production area, Naruko Hot Spring.

[All color 240 pages] \1,800 + tax

● Article of recommendation: Atsushi Horibe 堀部篤史 / Contribution: Hiromi Taniuchi 谷内広美.　　

● Appendix: Big post card with Rokuro Taniuchi 谷内六郎's cover (x 3)

 

No.6  "Kijiyama Special"

● Akita Pref. Kokeshi in Doroyu, Koyasu Hot Spring. Every season visits of the wood-production grounds. Photo poem by a popular Kokeshi craftsman Konomi Abe 阿部木の実.

[All color 200 pages] \1,700  tax

● Article of recommendation: Yataro Matsuura 松浦弥太郎 / Contribution: Kazuo Umezu, Mizumaru Anzai 楳図かずお, 安西水丸.

● Appendix: Kokeshi Sugoroku (game) print handkerchief

 

No.7  "Yajiro Special"

● Miyagi Pref. Kokeshi in Tohoku Kamasaki, Obara Hot Spring. Yamagata Pref. Kokeshi in Onogawa Hot Spring. Fukushima Pref. Atsushio, Bandai Atami, Iwaki Yumoto Hot Spring.

[All color 264 pages] \1,900 + tax

● Article of recommendation: Noi Sawaragi 椹木野衣 / Contribution: Shinbo Minami 南伸坊.　

● Appendix: Kokeshi music CD.

 

No.8  "Soto Naruko Special"

● Soto Naruko Kokeshi area was developed by Naruko style craftsmen. Monochrome photos pages being colored with an attached card.

[Monochrome 180 pages, partly colored]

\1,600 + tax

● Article of recommendation: Masashi Kohara 小原真史

● Appendix: Attachment card, Wooden kokeshi post card.

 

No.9  "Yamagata Special"

● Yamagata style Kokeshi is made in the city instead of in the mountains.  105 year-old craftsman and a secret hot spring known to those in the know. Feature appendix for the new year.

[All color 192 pages + 32 page booklet] \1,700 + tax

● Article of recommendation: Titi Matsumura チチ松村 / Contribution: Yoshiyuki Morioka 森岡督行.

● Appendix: Powder snow Tohoku poster, Yamagata dialect printed bookmark, Monpe (women's work pants) girl post card and photo album.

 

No.10  "Zao Takayu Special"

● Yamagata Pref. Kokeshi in Zao, Tendo, Yamadera, Atsumi Hot Spring. Feature edition with a small Kokeshi. High graded hard cover. 30 page comic strip written by Fujiko F Fujio, worldly known Manga artist.

[All color 228 pages with hard cover] \2,000 + tax

● Article of recommendation: Yasushi Fujimoto 藤本やすし / Contribution: Yoshiharu Tsuge つげ義春.　

● Appendix: Hot Spring post card

 

No.11 "Tsugaru Special"

● Aomori Pref.  Visit the farthest province from Tokyo, which is the most popular Kokeshi production area. Essays of many persons from Aomori Pref. Cover page by Teruhiko Yumura, a legendary illustrator.

[All color 328 + 112 page booklet]  \2,777 + tax

● Article of recommendation: Yuichi Akata 赤田祐一　 / Contribution: Yoshitomo Nara 奈良美智・Hana Kino 木野花・Chie Morimoto 森本千絵.

● Appendix: 112 page collection of wood toy and Kokeshi made by Akira Kon 今晃工人.

 

No.12 "Togatta Special"

● Miyagi Pref. Kokeshi in Togatta. Girl-Kokeshi is the Togatta style.  Cover of No.12 issue shows Kokeshi and a girl in 3D. 3cm thick volume.

[All color 416 pages] \3,000 + tax

● Article of recommendation: Michio Akiyama 秋山道男 / Contribution: Takashi Horigome (KIRINJI) 堀込高樹・Yamato Suzuki すずき大和・Keiko Kitamura (BEAMS) 北村恵子.　

● Appendix: Mini photo album of Eitaro Sato 佐藤英太郎, Kokeshi craftsman and photographer.

 

No.13  "Hijiori Special"

●　Yamagata Pref.  Kokeshi in Hijiori. Real wood cover. Interviews of COMPANY, a contemporary artists of Finland and rerecording of Shojo Friend, a Showa magazine.

[All color 288 pages] \2,500 + tax

● Article of recommendation: Ryuichi Kaneko 金子隆一 / Contribution: Goro Yamada 山田五郎・Ryoji Arai 荒井良二・Arata Iura 井浦新.

● Appendix: Collection of Kokeshi collage and poem graphic by Genqui Numata.

 

No. 14-Final issue  "Other Kokeshi"

  Introduction of Kokeshi which is independent from the traditional types. Those kokeshi not belonging to any traditional production areas are not well-known, but they are high in scarcity value. The 14th edition introduces Mrs. Dine, a famous Russian researcher.

[All color 288 pages] \1800 + tax

● Article of recommendation: Shuntaro Tanigawa 谷川俊太郎 / Contribution: Setsuko Tamura 田村セツコ・Sayaka Sugiura 杉浦さやか・Shungiku Uchida 内田春菊

● Appendix: Photo book by Genqui Numata, "Nakanosawa Kokeshi"

●:Engraving by Azechi Umetaro 畦地梅太郎.

 

Other appendix: "Traveler's notebook"

[All color 80 pages]