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| Used : Good Height 46cm, Weight 2.08kg There are some kokeshi dolls that are partially missing or have letters filled in. Please check the picture. | Eiichiro Takasaki (1904-1997) | Master: Kichitaro Kobayashi | Disciple: Miwako Takasaki | He was born on September 25, 1904, the third son of Eikichi Takasaki, a kimono merchant in Ayumu-cho, Yamagata City. Eitaro Takasaki is his elder brother. His father Eikichi and woodworker Kichitaro Kobayashi were close friends. As a result, after graduating from Yamagata Daisan Elementary School in 1916, Eiichiro was introduced to Kichitaro Kobayashi in Kobashi-cho. His brothers were Ichitaro Kuriyama and Torazo Saito. On May 22, 1917, there was a big fire in Yonezawa, and in order to meet the demand for reconstruction, Eiichiro was taken by Kichitaro and moved to Yonezawa with Torazo Saito. | In 1919, after the demand for reconstruction had settled down, he went to work at Yashikidai in Kamabuchi, Yamagata Prefecture for about a year and a half with Kichitaro, Nagaoka Kinzo, Suzuki Ichiro, Omiya Yasujiro, etc. He did not leave Yonezawa except for that time, and continued his training until the end of the year in 1924. | After the end of the year, he returned to his parents' home in Yamagata and started a business with his brother Eitaro. Soon after, he began working for a bowl-making company in Nanoka-machi, Yamagata City, where he ground wood products for the machinery industry and kokeshi dolls. In 1924, he began working as a craftsman for Yoshinoya Watanabe Shozaburo in Yamagata City, specializing in making thin packing containers, but he never made kokeshi dolls during that time. He remained at Yoshinoya until 1933, and then worked at Hiroeya in Yonezawa, grinding wooden pipes. Around 1941, he established the Yamagata Kenan Kyodo Kumiai, which was eventually renamed Yonezawa Seisakusho, and made wooden products for military use. After the war, he joined Yonezawa Sangyo Co., Ltd. and ground wooden pipes and other products for Kanebo's orders. | In 1949, he became independent in Shinano-cho, Yonezawa City, and began grinding new and old types of wood. | After the death of Hajime Shibata, president of the Yamagata Kokeshi Dolls Association, in 1977, Eiichiro became the second president. | He died on September 30, 1997 at the age of 94. | |||||
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