NIPPONIA No. 40 March 15, 2007
Special Feature
The Cute World of Kawaii
The beauty of youth and innocence
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Illustration of children taken from the ukiyoe woodblock print Kodakara Gosetsu no Asobi ("'Little Treasures' Enjoy the Five Festivals"), by Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815).
Property of Tokyo National Museum |
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Statue of the newborn Buddha. Mid-8th century.
Property of Todai-ji Temple |
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Figurine of a crawling infant.
Property of Tokugawa Memorial Foundation |
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Line drawing for coloring, by Tsutaya Kiichi. This kind of drawing was popular among girls in the 1950s.
© Kiichi/Shogakukan Inc. |
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Ceramic figurine of a manju bun eater.
Property of Japan Footwear Museum and Japan Folk Toy & Doll Museum |
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Billiken, the god of happiness. Enshrined at the Tsutenkaku Tower in Osaka.
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Earthenware pot decorated with human faces. Many were made 4,000 to 5,000 years ago. The person's face would not look out of place in a manga comic book today. Photo: Ogawa Tadahiro
Property of Minami-Alps City, Yamanashi Prefecture |
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Child wearing traditional religious clothing in a festival parade. Photo: Haga Hideo
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