At Punkeshi, you can buy audacious & unique Kokeshi that impress with their masterly craftsmanship and their innovative, modern design. Made by renowned Japanese artists, these beautiful wooden dolls are able to add a distinctive touch to any stylish home interior. Besides kokeshi, we also have in our sortiment kokeshi-inspired art, handmade teddy bears crafted from fine Japanes brocade (Kinran 金襴) and even more things with a soul.
Even though we are only at the beginning of our journey, we are already proud to count two outstanding artists among our collaborators: Takatoshi Hayashi and Noboru Wagatsuma. Their highly original creations bring a breath of fresh air to every kokeshi collection. If you would like to enrich it with a unique painting, Gabriela Cichowska's powerful, expressive kokeshi portraits will certainly be a source of lasting joy. And anyone in search of a loyal, charming companion for life is bound to find a little hand-stitched joy in Rie Yoshida’s Kinran brocade teddy bears.
Let yourself be enchanted by the magic of these masterpieces!
Adam Jaromir - Owner of Punkeshi
With PUNKESHI, Adam Jaromir is fulfilling a long-cherished dream of contributing to the popularisation of kokeshi craftsmanship in Europe. As a collector, he has been fascinated for years by the diversity, expressiveness, and cultural depth of these traditional Japanese wooden dolls. In collaboration with the Japanese artist Noboru Wagatsuma, he succeeded in realising his first own design with NINA. Further designs are in preparation.
Adam Jaromir is a publisher, translator and author of picture books who was born in Poland and lives in Hanover. He has been honoured with the Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize and has been nominated twice for the German Youth Literature Prize. His books have been published in Germany, Poland, France and South Korea.
