File puptcrit/puptcrit.0912, message 36


From: Simon Palmer <simon-AT-illustrated-history.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:23:07 +0000
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Bunraku puppet


Hmm... I'm no expert but it doesn't look like a very good example to  
me. It's not so much a Bunraku figure as a doll meant for display,  
who knows what they mean by "large." The carving looks quite crude -  
look at the mangled space between the nostrils and upper lip and the  
awkward transition between the bridge of the nose and the forehead.  
Their are also small tears in the wood around the nose, seen easily  
with the jagged ochre outline, as if the chisel wasn't sharp enough.  
The face as a whole looks unmodulated and the feet and hands are also  
very basic.


Simon Palmer
Illustrated History
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On 2 Dec 2009, at 20:47, Michael Moynihan wrote:

> http://cgi.ebay.com/Japanese-BUNRAKU-Puppet-Ichimatsu-Samurai- 
> Karakuri-Doll_W0QQitemZ150391716723QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20091126? 
> IMSfp=TL091126206009r1517
>
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