1950's Hakata Urasaki Bride & Groom Japanese Wedding Tea Ceremony JAPAN STAMPED

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UP FOR SALE IS A VINTAGE ANTIQUE HAKATA URASAKI BRIDE & GROOM JAPANESE WEDDING TEA CEREMONYEACH FIGURES IS JAPAN STAMPED AND THEY COME IN A GLASS CASE, WITH THE ORIGINAL PLACE MATALL FIGURESW ARE IN MINT CONDITION, UNDAMAGED, AND INTACT, WITH VERY LITTLE WEAR FROM AGE, WITH A STAMP THAT SAYS JAPAN, AND STICKERS ON THE BOTTOM OF EACH FIGURESTHE MADE IN JAPAN STAMP INDICATES THAT THEY ARE FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD FROM WHEN THEY STARTED PRODUCING THESE FIGURES AND THEY WERE ALL MADE OF MUCH MORE SUPERIOR CRAFTMANSHIPTHE HAND PAINTED DETAIL IS AMAZING, ESPECIALLY ON THE BRIDE, AND THE ORIGINAL PLACEMAT HAS MINOR CHIPPING WEAR UNDERNEATH, BUT IS NOT VERY NOTICEABLE FROM THE DISPLAY AND IT DOES NOT EFFECT THE USEI FOUND THESE DOLLS IN AN WEALTHY ESTATE SALETHE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF HAKATA URASAKI DOLLSTHERE WAS KOREAN WAR AT JUNE 1950 - JULY 1953, AND MANY U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL CAME TO JAPAN,INCLUDING SOLDIERS. (AT THOSE DAYS, JAPANESE, GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN CONTROLLED BY U.S. FORCES, AS THE RESULTS OF SECOND WORLD WAR.) SINCE FUKUOKA IS VERY NEAR KOREA, FUKUOKABECAME MAJOR MILITARY LOGISTIC BASE FOR U.S. FORCES, AND HAKATA IS NAME OF TOWNIN FUKUOKA PREFECTURE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, SO CALLED HAKATA URASAKI DOLL WAS MADE AS SOUVENIRS FROM JAPAN FOR U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL, AND SO MANY, IF NOT ALL, HAKATA URASAKI DOLL WOULD BE IN U.S. A.WHY THEY ARE CALLED HAKATA URASAKI DOLLS?TWO WHOLESALERS OF HAKATA DOLL HAD MASS-PRODUCED HAKATA DOL BECAUSE U.S. MILITARY HEADQUATERS IN JAPAN PLACED A LARGE ORDER FOR THEM. URASAKI IS THE NAME OF ONE OF TWOWHOLESALERS, PLEASE VIEW TREE DIAGRAMS ABOUT HAKATADOLL, YOU WILL FIND NAME OF URASAKI. HAKATA URASAKI DOLL WAS SOLD AT SHOPS OF MILITARY BASE OF U.S. FORCES IN FUKUOKA. IN OTHERS WORDS, HOKATA URASAKI DOLLS WERE SOUVENIRS FROM JAPAN WHICH HAD BEEN CLOSED A LONG TIME AGO WOULD BE HAKATA MIMASU DOLL. (OWNER OF URASAKI DOLL STORE, YOUICHIROU URASAKI, DIED, IN 2004 BY ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, AND SO HIS STORE WAS CLOSED)WHY HAD HAKATA URASAKI DOLLS DISAPPEARED?HAKATA DOLLS FEATURE VIVID BODY'S COLOR AND FACE EXPRESSION AS IF LIVING. AS MENTIONED LATER, HAKATA URASAKI DOLLS IS FINISHED UP BY THE SURFACE-COATING, WHICH IS A KINF OF WATERI-PROOFING PAINTS. (PLEASE SEE BELOW AS FOR THE REASON). AND BECAUSE OF THAT, HAKATA URASAKI DOLL HAD NO ADVANTAGE OVER STANDARD HAKATA DOLL ON VIVID BODY COLORSAFTER END OF THE KOREAN WAR, MOST OF U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL LEFT FUKUOKA, AND URASAKI DOLL STORE HAD CEASED TO MAKE SO-CALLED HAKATA URASAKI DOLL, BECAUSE MOST OF THE JAPANESE TEND TO PREFER VIVID COLORS THAN WASHABLE.WHY IS IT WASHABLE?SUPPOSING YOU HANDLED HAKATA DOLL WITH BARE HANDS, HAKATA DOLL WILL BE EASILY SOILED WITH FINGER MARKS, WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT, IN THE EVENT THAT YOU CLEAN HAKATA DOLL WITH WET TOWEL, CLOTHES PAINTED ON THE SURFACE WILL BE DAMAGED. THE WHOLESALERS MENTIONED THEY WERE AFRAID THAT U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL DO SUCH AN ACT, IN OTHER WORDS, THEY FEARED THE CLAIM FROM U.S. MILITARY HEADQUATERS WHO WERE THERE CLIENTS. BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY FINISHED UP HAKATA URASAKI DOLL BY COATING THE SURFACE WITH A KIND OF WATER-PROOFING PAINTS, AND SO, PLEASE NOTE THAT HAKATA URASAKI DOLL IS NOT WASHABLE, UNLIKE STANDARD POTTERY DOLLS. MOREOVER YOU MUST CONSIDER HOW MUCH TIME HAS PASSED. AND SO, IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR YOU THAT YOU DON'T CLEAN HAKATA URASAKI DOLL.THE HAKATA URASAKI DOLL IS HANDCRAFTED WITH ELABORATELY, AND IS A ANTIQUE.THESE DOLLS ARE VALUABLE AND THEY ARE MORE VALUABLE THAN USAKI DOLLI AM SELLING THIS ITEM TO RAISE FUNDS FOR TWO CHILDREN THAT I AM ADOPTINGI HAVE MET ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE, BUT I STILL OWE FINAL FEESIF I HAD NOT TOOK THESE CHILDREN INTO MY HOME, THEY WOULD BECOME AWARD OF THE STATEYOUR PURCHASE WILL GO STRICTLY TOWARDS THE FINAL ADOPTION FESSBOTH CHILDREN ARE BROTHER AND SISTER AND I AM TRYING TO KEEP THE TOGETHERPLEASE HELP THESE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN BY BIDDING ON MY ITEMS read more

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