{"product_id":"st-hina1","title":"Ejiko Set with Base | Nemuri Hina | Boy and Girl | Yajiro Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003eA baby rests in its basket – sheltered, still, barely visible. The Ejiko form, originally inspired by the wooden carrying baskets in which children of the Tōhoku region were cradled during fieldwork, is here reduced to its emotional essence: protection, warmth, and a sense of being held. This Kokeshi variant has long been regarded as an expression of maternal care – and Yusuke Sato carries that tradition forward with unusual lightness. He works at Kijidokoro Sato, a workshop with over 120 years of history at the heart of the Yajiro region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo Ejiko, conceived as a pair: a boy and a girl, side by side on a flat base. Nemuri Hina, sleeping Hina – inspired by the pair of dolls displayed in Japan for Hinamatsuri on 3 March. The base is covered in red, finely ribbed paper, edged along one side with a strip of patterned paper – bands of blue, red, and green separated by white, overlaid with gold diamond ornaments. Both baskets are natural Mizuki wood, the grain softly visible, and both carry a plum branch. Yet the blossoms differ. On the boy\u0026#x27;s basket they are painted in sumi ink, grey and black – Sumi-Ume. On the girl\u0026#x27;s they glow red – Kōbai, the red plum. Ink and colour, restrained and radiant: in the painting, too, the two are a pair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe boy wears a black topknot, his hairline falling at the sides. His basket is framed at the rim by Rokuro-Moyo bands in black, red, and grey; his little body wears spiral bands in yellow, red, and black. The girl wears a black hair crown with red rings and red decorative blossoms along its edge. Her basket is more colourful – red, yellow, green, and orange at the rim – and her little body, too, wears spiral bands. Both are asleep: closed eyes in the Fuse-me style, red cheeks, a delicate mouth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eSet of two Ejiko-Kokeshi in the Yajiro tradition: boy and girl\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eBaskets: natural Mizuki wood, Ume motif in sumi ink (grey-black) and red (Kōbai), Rokuro-Moyo bands\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eBoy: Fuse-me eyes, black topknot (Mage), Yajiro hairline\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eGirl: Fuse-me eyes, hair crown with red rings and decorative blossoms\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eBase: red, finely ribbed paper with a decorative strip in blue, red, green, and gold\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eHand-turned and hand-painted – by Yusuke Sato\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eSigned by the artist\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEjiko: Height each approx. 4.5 cm | Diameter each approx. 4.5 cm | Wood: Mizuki (Dogwood) | Handcrafted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBase: approx. 13 × 7 × 1 cm | paper-covered\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yusuke Sato | 佐藤裕介","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66112848822621,"sku":"ST-HINA1","price":160.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/3814\/9981\/files\/st-hina1_001.jpg?v=1791137846","url":"https:\/\/punkeshi.com\/en\/products\/st-hina1","provider":"Punkeshi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}