Hakata Dolls and Japanese Dolls


• Japanese Dolls by Judy Shoaf - A vast resource of information on traditional Japanese dolls, including Hakata Dolls.
  
  
• Japan Arts - A Japanese site promoting local traditional crafts in Hakata and Imari. Features Hakata Dolls and Imari Pottery. Presents information on our own featured Hakata Doll maker, Koshou Sato.
  
  
• Hakata Ningyo - A Japanese site containing pictures of Hakata Dolls, historical information on Hakata Dolls in English, and information on how Hakata Dolls are created
  
  
• The gift of a story - An article and interview of Hakata Doll maker Yuji Osoegawa
  
  
• The Season For Dolls - A moving war-time story from Hakata Doll master Akiko Inoue
  
  
• Nippon Kichi - An article on master Hakata Doll Maker Takashi Miyake
  
  
• Breathing Life Into Clay Dolls - A Daily Yomiuri news article on Hakata Dolls
  
  
• Priceless Dolls - Information on traditional Japanese dolls, including Hakata Dolls
  
  
• Hakata Dolls and Daruma - All about Hakata Daruma Dolls. Beyond the Hakata Dolls section lies a great wealth of information on Daruma san. Created by an expatriate living in Okayama Prefecture. English and Japanese.
  
  
• Wikipedia on Hakata Dolls and Traditional Japanese Dolls
  
  
• Hakata Dolls - A personal collection of Hakata Dolls from the 1950s.
  
  
• Dolls of Japan - Information on traditional Japanese Dolls, including Hakata Dolls
  
  
• Japanese Antique Dolls - Stella Rajendran's fantastic private collection of over 550 antique Ningyo (Japanese dolls) used in festivals, celebrations, rituals, and ceremonies. Includes Hakata Ningyo, Hina, Gosho, Daki, Issho, Go-Gatsu and many more.
  
  
• Alibaba - Brief history of Japanese dolls, including Hakata Dolls.
  
  
• Japan National Tourist Organization - Traditional Japanese Doll History. Includes information on Hakata Dolls.
  
  
• eYakimono - Japanese Pottery and Ceramics Information Center. A massive resource.
  
  
• Japanese Wooden Dolls - A great resource on Japanese woooden dolls, including Japanese puppets and festival dolls
  
  

Japanese and Asian Art Magazines

• Daruma Magazine - Japanese Art and Antiques Magazine
  
  
• Antique Doll Collector Magazine - Resource on antique dolls
  
  
• Orientations Magazine - The leading magazine for collectors and connoisseurs of Asian art
  
  
• Arts of Asia Magazine - The Asian arts and antiques magazine
  
  
• Asian Art - The newspaper for collectors, dealers, galleries, and museums
  
  
• Persimmon - Asian Literature, Arts, and Culture
  
  
• Paragon Books - Books on Asian Arts and Asian Studies
  
  

Japanese and Asian Art Museums

• Hakata Machiya Folk Museum Fukuoka - Offers exhibits on Hakata Dolls (Hakata Ningyo) as well as doll-maiking demonstrations by Hakata Doll makers. No official web site, but information is available through YokaNavi Hakata Tourism (includes video), MyTravelGuide, AsiaRooms, Yahoo! Travel, iExplore, Hakata Toumyu.
  
  
• Kyushu National Museum - "It's the newest National Museum following Tokyo, Kyoto and Nara. Based on the concept 'Understand Japanese culture from the point of Asian view,' we don't only exhibit but also preserve and investigate cultural assets, then prepare a variety of educational events to keep the museum fresh."
  
  
• Fukuoka Asian Art Museum - "The Fukuoka Asian Art Museum is the only museum in the world that systematically collects and exhibits Asian modern and contemporary art."
  
  
• Fukuoka Art Museum - Pre-Modern, Modern, and Contemporary Art Works
  
  
• Fukuoka Prefectural Museum of Art - "We collect and house the works of the modern age artists of Fukuoka. Founded with the aim of promoting artistic activities in Fukuoka Prefecture, and the deeping and widening of Fukuoka citizen's knowledge of art."
  
  
• Tokyo National Museum - Japanese and English
  
  
• Osaka Contemporary Art Center - Japanese and English
  
  
• Asian Art Museum of San Francisco - One of the largest museums in the Western world devoted exclusively to Asian art.

Japan Online Resources

• Performing Arts Network Japan - Online Magazine of Japanese Performing Arts
  
  
• Midnight Eye - The latest and best in Japanese Cinema
  
  
• Gourmet Navigator - Japan's Fine Dining Guide