kokeshi
kokeshi noun: a Japanese wooden doll with a spherical head having simple painted-on features, and a limbless, cylindrical body, typically featuring a painted-on floral design.
Noun
kokeshi (plural kokeshis or kokeshi)
- A Japanese wooden doll with a spherical head having simple painted-on features, and a limbless, cylindrical body, typically featuring a painted-on floral design.
- I have a hurried look round my shelves: the Hawaiian belle of the dusky skin, the little Red Indian dolls from Lake Placid, the rows of kokeshis from Japan, which all bring back memories of wonderful Rotary friends, all over the world.1973 May, Manju Deb, “Dolls Through Rotary”, in The Rotarian
- The popularity of kokeshi among Japanese tourists today is thus an eloquent testimony to the survival of a folk tradition as well as to the modern generation's ignorance of its implications.1988, Alan Booth, Collins Illustrated Guide to Japan, Collins, →ISBN, page 120
Forms of kokeshi
| plural | kokeshis |
|---|---|
| plural | kokeshi |
Origin of kokeshi
From Japanese こけし (kokeshi).
Questions about kokeshi
- What does kokeshi mean?
- Kokeshi means a Japanese wooden doll with a spherical head having simple painted-on features, and a limbless, cylindrical body, typically featuring a painted-on floral design.
- What part of speech is kokeshi?
- Kokeshi is a noun.
- What is the plural of kokeshi?
- The plural of kokeshi is kokeshis.
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