Traditionally crafted in the small city of Takayama, these dolls are hand-painted using woodblocks. The color is fixed to the raw cotton at high temperature and each doll is then filled in with rice hulls and hand-sewn, so that every one of them is genuinely unique. This little bird is part of the Japanese wild bird series and depicts a Japanese bullfinch, a bird that lives in the forests of Japan and it's so fond of cherry and plum blossoms that he is associated with them, as in this beautiful doll. It is also known as "the bird that plays" because it alternately raises its left and right legs when it sings. Cotton and rice hulls. A wonderful doll, an exquisite example of Japanese craftsmanship. 15 cm x 6 cm x 4 cm