Musashiya Hozan's Hagoita

Founded in 1868, Musashiya Hozan has been in Hagoita Craft business in Sumida, Tokyo. The fifth-generation, Noguchi Toyoo, was born in Tokyo in 1950. He started learning Hagoita making from his father, Noguchi Seinosuke, at the age of seven, and became a professional creator at 22. Due to such a long career, he knows all about Hagoita and has been given various titles including Traditional Craftsman of Tokyo, Excellent Technician Tokyo Meister, and Festival Traditional Doll Craftsman.

The characteristic of Musashiya Hozan's Hagoita

1. Beautifully-balanced whole form

A simple composition as a whole, embracing the traditional unique form of Hagoita.

2.Well-conceived composition

The skeletal frames and hand expressions of the lady look very famine and the quality is very high as a picture. The face has a seductive atmosphere like Bijin-ga of Ukiyoe.

Face with a seductive atmosphere

Sinuous hand hitting tsuzumi

3.Padded picture technique to make it look stereoscopic

Putting in cotton to each part and placing the layers elaborately, the doll looks stereoscopic even though the whole artwork is relatively thin.