"Miss Nagano" Japanese Friendship Doll
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"Miss Nagano" Friendship Doll, Front 
"Miss Nagano" Friendship Doll, Back 
"Miss Nagano" Friendship Doll, Accessory Set - Type
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Doll
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"Miss Nagano" Japanese Friendship Doll
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Highlights histories of peace and goodwill offerings through the cultural exchange of dolls.
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The "Miss Nagano" doll was a gift exchanged in the Friendship Doll project, which was initiated in 1927 as a way to encourage children to promote world peace. American children sent 12,739 dolls over to Japan in time for the annual Hinamatsuri (doll) Festival and the Japanese returned the gesture by sending fifty-eight friendship dolls back to America. Each doll represented a specific Japanese prefecture and came with a range of furniture and accessories. The dolls, including this one, toured the country and were then installed in various cultural institutions across the USA.
The doll has a composition head, body, lower arms, and legs. The neck is jointed and movable, as are the legs at the ankles, knees, and hips. The upper arms and legs are fabric-covered. The head has straight, black, bobbed hair with a fringe and glass eyes. The doll wears a red silk floral pattern kimono and obi, white cotton undergarments with an embroidered edge, and white silk Tabi socks. Associated with the doll is a set of accessories including, but not limited to, shoes, furniture, cookware, and an explanatory booklet.
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1927
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1920s
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Created in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
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Dolls
Japan
Nagano Prefecture
Goodwill Exchange
Cultural Exchange
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Yoshitoku Doll Company
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Physical Object: 33 in. (h) x 12 in. (w) x 7 in. (d)
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Doll, Front: 298 x 640 pixels
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Doll, Back: 317 x 640 pixels
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Doll Set: 640 x 516 pixels
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Composition/cloth body; silk kimono
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The "Miss Nagano" Friendship Doll was acquired for the Delaware Historical Society in 1928 by Emalea Pusey Warner (1853-1948), a prominent social reformer and leader in the Women's Movement in Delaware.
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In September 2003, the Shinano Education Association of Nagano, Japan, negotiated a loan with the Delaware Historical Society that would allow the "Miss Nagano" Friendship Doll to travel back to Japan for a year for conservation work and exhibit.
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Delaware Historical Society
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The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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