Japanese Dolls - Anesama | National-Louis University Archives and Special Collections
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Japanese Dolls - Anesama
Description:
The name, Anesama, literally means ‘honorable elder sister’ but it is also used to name the flat, folded paper dolls. These dolls do not have facial features, as casual images are not given identities in Japanese culture. As a result, the dolls are believed to have no life and no power to harm humans. Anesama, made out of plain, patterned, and crêpe papers are popular toys and decorative figures. Several different kinds of Japanese papers, such as washi, kōzo, mitsumata and ganpi, are perfect basic materials for doll-making. National Louis University Archives houses five of these dolls.
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NLU0367
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National-Louis University Archives and Special Collections
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All content in this collection is available for free, for educational purposes, under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/. For questions about use of these items as well as additional historical information please contact the Archives and Special Collections Department of the National Louis University Library in Chicago, IL. 312.261.3376.