The Late Stage (Kouki)
      
 Left:
  • 31 cm tall
  • Azuma-machi, Gunma Prefecture
 		  
  Right:
  • 16 cm tall.
  • Chiba City
  • This type is called "an owl-faced doll"
       
   The Final Stage (Banki)
  Right:
  • 18.5 cm tall
  • Yusa-machi, Yamagata Prefecture
  • Dolls with this type of eyes are called "sun-glassed dolls." They were made only at the Latest Stage and mostly found in the northern district of the main land of Japan.
 
    Left:
  • 36 cm tall
  • Tajiri-cho, Miyagi Prefecture
  • Sun-glassed doll
    
  • 23.7 cm tall
  • Karumai-cho, Iwate prefecture
  • Sun-glassed doll
     Ohizumi Village, Yamanashi Prefecture
 
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