YOSHIMITSU SATO, Sosaku-Kokeshi, 1980 circa sculture and when the parents brought

and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required

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Off-text plate of the volume of The Memoirs of Casanova by Italo Calvino

la palla si trasforma in una luna piena che sorge dalla sacra montagna

YOSHIMITSU SATO, Sosaku-Kokeshi, 1980 circa sculture and when the parents broughtKokeshi doll made of Japanese cornel wood. Yoshimitsu Sato (Miyagi Prefecture, 1938) belongs to a famous lineage of craftsmen and learned the art from his father, Master Sato Den of the Yajirou style school. Yajirou is the center of one of the oldest traditional schools in Japan. His works blend the classic structure of Yajirou with a modern taste, standing out especially in the use of color contrasts. The Art of Kokeshi () Kokeshi are wooden dolls