This page was designed and is maintained 
by Judy Shoaf, jshoaf@clas.ufl.edu
Please let me know if there is a link 
that is no longer valid, 
or one that you know of that should be added! 
However, I am NOT AN APPRAISER OR DEALER 
and can't tell you about the value of your dolls. 
 
 
Photo gallery of my own ningyô

Illustrated essays:

Ningyô in the year 1000: The Tale of Genji



Geisha dolls, Kabuki, and the Floating World
(4 pages, very image intensive)

The Japanese Doll 
on the Western Toyshelf
Essays and a catalogue of images
(postcards, advertisements,
books, phtographs, etc).

Introduction 
The most important links
Some reading recommendations
Film suggestions 
The Uses of Ningyo
Religious  Festival
Gift  Other
Ningyo construction and materials
Wood  Kimekomi
Paper  Pottery (Hakata dolls)
Traditional ningyô shapes:
Tachibina   Kokeshi
Daruma  Gosho
Hagoita
Girls' day ningyo (hina)
Boys' day ningyo (musha ningyo)
 Friendship dolls and other play dolls (Ichimatsu, furisode, Yamato ningyô)
Puppets and mechanical ningyô
 (Bunraku, Karakuri, Kobe ningyô) 
  Geisha, Actors : Ukiyo ningyô
Links to ningyô dealers, antique and brand-new
Contemporary artists
Ningyô crafts for sale