Special Pictures from the Exhibit

These are the pictures of the dolls that we went to see at the department store. They were fabulous!! Dad bought me a book with pictures of the dolls! I am sharing it with you. This first one is called "Shyness". Many of the depictions were of the war or after. And there are some modern ones also. Enjoy!

It's Delicious

Evening GlowJust a Little More

Don't Cry

The next two go together - called Draft Card

The father must go into the army.

Authority (McArthur)

Symbol (Japanese Emperor)

Today?

Little Orphans

Shoeshine Boy

As For Mother?

Yankee Boy

Kazue-chan

Time of 10 Years Old

Boy- Red Bat

It's Good!

Wire Entanglement

These are for Dan - boys catching bugs!

Gently!

I got it! and Bored

Small Dining Table

Soothe the Child

Kimono Clad

Early Evening Spring

A Nap (this was on two pages and the picture doesn't do it justice)

Reiko-chan

Kana

Osen-chan

Ah, Fireflies!

At the Water's Edge

Kotatsu

Home Alone

Urara - 17 years old

First one is "Dear Moon, How Old are You?" Second is "Making a Visit"

First is "At the Station"and the second is "An Errand for Daddy".

Yukiko

This is the saddest one of all - from truth or legend - taking the mother/grandmother to the mountains to die because there is no more food for her. It is called "Ubasuteyama".

Good Morning, Neighbors!

An Autumn Afternoon Wedding Day

Yasuaki-chan and Toma-chan

And this is for my little granddaughters -Dresser with Three Mirrors

Boy and A Cup and a Ball

Lesson and Boy Who Has the Rose

Mail - (Modern)

Maiden in White Dress

And my favorite - Recollection

I loved this exhibit! Hope my grandchildren will look at these pictures over and over.

September 24th

Here is our group headed towards Mitsukoshi, a huge upscale department store - love the flags!

We arrived just before the doors opened - what a ceremony!

Two girls dressed in hats, suits, and gloves greet the crowd.

Here one of them welcomes us to Mitsukoshi. This is the flagship store located in Nihonbashi -much like the downtown Marshall Fields used to be in Chicago.

As we walked in, all of the clerks were standing near the main aisle and bowed as we passed! We felt like royalty.

We were the first ones in the store - here you can see the splendor and the clerks lined up.

This huge piece of art is in the center of the store - it had amazing detail. It is a statue of Magokoro who is the Goddess of Sincerity.

Looking up to a balcony where there was a huge pipe organ.

This man was waiting for people to come for a presentation regarding a show - Soup Opera!

Oh, here is one where the clerk is bowing to us. It was hard to get a good picture as we had to keep walking.

And the organist began to play!

This is a poster for the TV show - Soup Opera.

Then we went to the downstairs level where they had the most wonderful display of fruits, vegetables, baked goods, etc.

Here is someone forming the dough around a filling to make the wonderful gyozas.

Frying the gyozas ....

And packaging the fresh ones ready for sale.

Every display was like a work of art - doughnuts.....

Desserts ....

A tree of chestnuts ....

A branch of persimmons .....

Fish ......

Sister Watabe by some of the displays.

A raincoat to cover a kimono! It was a rainy day and I saw several women with these raincoats. You can see it has plenty of room in the back for the obi.

Many countries had little shops - this was Harrod's from England.

English china ....

Things from Paris ....

Look at this fruit - over $100!

It is fascinating to watch the workers - Here someone is cutting slices of the wonderful cake.

Rolls waiting to be cut ...

And up close ...

Sister Watabe and Elder Grames talking to a worker - always on the lookout for a way to make missionary contacts!

Chocolate made from the milk of camels ...

Posters ...

An artist sketching ideas for the dolls that he makes.

Here are the dolls that he designs.

Kimonos and accessories for sale here. Much more expensive than yukatas!

Sandals and bags ...

A weaver making cloth for men's kimonos (actually, kimono can be either singular or plural - like deer).

This was the reason we went down to Ginza - to see the display of dolls that were made by Arae Yuki, an artist who does incredible work. I am going to have to make a whole blog with some pictures of them! I loved it!