New Images for 2005 & 2006
I have been collecting more images. They are divided into two pages. On this page are:
Some magazine illustrations.
Postcards of doll families! I have noted in depictions of diverse dolls whether or not a Gollywog is there along with the Japanese doll. Gollywogs were much more popular, often with a strong personality.
Postcards of formal "salon" paintings from Paris, some risqué.
Christmas cards. a few nice advertising items, and a couple of "real" items.
On the second page, you will find photographs of children with Japanese dolls, and book illustrations of various kinds depicting Japanese dolls.
Click for a larger image or a page about the item.
1905, US
Illustration by Senseney for the cover of Life 1905 (March)
Child dressed as emperor (of Russia) stares at a girl ichimatsu. Around him are toy Russian soldiers. A satire on the great European power Russia being bested by the much smaller and supposedly weaker Japanese empire in the Russo-Japanese war.
1908, US
Illustration by Frank Leydendecker for the cover of Ladies' World magazine, 1908 (Dec.)
A mother has a small child on her lap., They are looking at an animal picture-book. A Japanese doll and a ball are on the floor.
1930 ?, UK
Postcard, Nina Brisley
Vivian Mansell publishers
Mother in bonnet with baby and muff, Children are Gollywog, peg doll, bear, and very small Japanese.
1920, UK
Postcard, Agnes Richardson
Raphael Tuck, publisher "Family Cares" series
Girl lugging dolls upstairs, with Teddy and Gollywog falling from arms. Japanese doll is there, arms out.
Another Richardson card is on the Multicultural Doll Family page.
1910 ca., Austria
Postcard, Susan B. Pearse
M. M. Vienne, publishers
Girl washing doll clothes with dolls piled around below, including Japanese. Nice study of naked dolls. No legend at all. (NB no Gollywog in this one)
For related cards, see the Susan B. Pearse page.
1911 (posted), UK
Postcard, H. G. C. Marsh,
E.W. Faulkner publisher
Girl with pink dress and huge hat holding baby doll and, dangling from one hand, Japanese doll. Two more dolls at her feet.
(No Gollywog in this family.)
1920 ca, Netherlands (mailed)
Postcard, A. M. Cook
Unusual subject, cute (but clearly not economically prosperous) black girl with Japanese doll..
1924 (posted), Netherlands
Postcard, unsigned, apparently an imitator of Chloe Preston.
Little Japanese girl watches a bee worriedly as her dog makes off with her doll. Completely in Preston's style in Peek-A-Boo Japs.
1909, France
Artwork Louise De Hem
Salon painting, reproduced as b/w postcard
Small girl with arms full of toys approaches Japanese doll seated on a chair.
ca. 1930? , France
Painting, I. Tanqueray, Salon de Paris, reproduced as a color postcard.
Oil painting of a girl in a short green dress and black shoes and socks with a large girl ichimatsu.
1909, France ?
Painting, A. Karpinski, reproduced as a postcard
A woman in her undies, stockings and shoes holds a small girl ichimatsu and a powderpuff. Risqué but also a fine picture.
1914, France
Salon painting by Gaston Gérard, reproduced as a sepia postcard. Risqué.
A naked smiling European woman in a Venus-style pose holds a Japanese girl doll near her face. Her surroundings include a large Japanese parasol and a vast bouquet of chyrsanthemums, one of the Japanese imperial emblems.
1922, France
Risqué illustration by Zaliouk , in the magazine La Vie Parisienne June 1922
"Les Deux Poupees" (the two dolls): a woman naked to the waist holds a faux-Japanese girl doll with a rather smug made-up face and red stockings. She is holding her like a hand puppet, with her hand up the doll's skirt. The woman is of course made up and coiffed like the doll.
"Japoniaserie" might translate as "Japanonsense."
1893, US
Postcard (slighty oversize) Prang publishers
Just over from Japan
Hear my jolly little plan
Hang me under the mistletoe
To get a little kiss, you know.
1916, UK/New Zealand
Postcard, Rotary Publishers photo, tinted; card is embossed
Japanese doll hanging from holly. This appears to be the very same doll as in the next item, another Rotary card, and others of that series.
7-line verse by Willmer is just a general Merry Christmas greeting.
1890 ca, UK
Rotary Publishers postcard, sepia photo
One of a series with Japanese doll, Gollywog doll, and bear in stocking with other toys; for another, see the Japanese dolls in Christmas Cards page.
1893, US
Tradecard
Dunham's Shred Cocoanut trade card or advertisement, offering a real doll ("Tastefully Dressed Japanese Doll") in return for mailing in 1 certificate of purchase.
Nice picture in a circular space with pink blossoms around.
Minneapolis Flour ca. 1890, US
Tradecard
This is a large tradecard (over 6"square) showing a little girl teaching her dolls. These include two Japanese dolls, one of which has fallen off the bench and is about to be attacked by a kitten, as well as two blonde dolls and a black doll.
1927, US
Artist picture (signature illegible) tipped in on a calendar.
"Cleaning up" is a picture of two plump oriental little girls washing clothes outdoors in a tub, with two fully dressed doll leaning against the tub. The dolls do not look particularly Japanese.
1935, US
A bag of Sea Island Sugar which can be made into a doll after use. One of a series of international child dolls. Because of the needs of doll and sack design, they all seem to have been fat with rounded edges.
Thanks to a Quilt History website for the date.
1896, US
Delineator magazine June 1896, p. 699,.
Illustrated instructions for making for a pin-cushion featuring a Japanese doll.
"The cushion proper is of wadding covered with plain silk and the doll which surmounts it may be purchased for a small sum at any toy store. It is dressed in a pretty kimono of figured yellow silk and a broad sash is tied about the waist."
Japanese dolls, or parts of them, were in fact used for several shapes of pincushion.
1903, US
National Magazine, March 1903, photograph in front of magazine.
A historic doll, a pretty llady doll presented to Mrs. Roosevelt by the Minister from Japan.
" These dolls occupy an exquisite empire cabinet in the Red room of the White House."
