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This index lists only sources actually referenced by published records. Access dates show when the link was last checked, not that every statement on the source remains current.

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  1. official
    The Kokeshi Dolls of Tohoku

    Government of Japan · 2022-03

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-09-06The official endpoint blocks some automated and overseas-network requests; its current indexed article was rechecked on 2026-09-06.
  2. official
    Miyagi Traditional Kokeshi and the Eleven Tohoku Groups

    Tohoku Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-08-31The official endpoint blocks some automated and overseas-network requests; its current indexed record was rechecked on 2026-09-06.
  3. official
    Do You Know the Mark of Tradition?

    Tohoku Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-08-28The official PDF endpoint blocks some automated and overseas-network requests; its current indexed record was rechecked on 2026-09-06.
  4. official
    Miyagi Traditional Crafts — Miyagi Traditional Kokeshi

    Miyagi Prefectural Government · 2025-08-14

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-08-31
  5. official
    Project Takumi: Young Successors to Miyagi Traditional Crafts

    Miyagi Prefectural Government

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-08-31
  6. official
    Yamagata Traditional Kokeshi

    Yamagata City

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-08-31
  7. official
    Kawatsura Kokeshi

    Akita Prefecture — Tesigoto Akita

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-08-31
  8. official
    Hirosaki Kokeshi and Wooden Toys

    Aomori Prefectural Government · 2025-04-01

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-08-31
  9. official
    Nuruyu Kokeshi and Zuguri Tops

    Aomori Prefectural Government

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-08-31
  10. official
    Aomori Traditional Crafts and Certified Craftspeople

    Aomori Prefectural Government

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-08-31
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    Folk Toys — Iwate Cultural Information Encyclopedia

    Iwate Prefecture

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-08-31
  12. museum
    Curator Lecture: The Appeal of Nanbu Kokeshi

    Hanamaki City Museum · 2024-04-30

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-08-31
  13. official
    Kuroishi English Tourism Material

    Kuroishi Tourist Association

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-08-28
  14. official
    Fukushima City English Newsletter Vol. 55

    Fukushima City

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-08-28
  15. official
    Yajirō Kokeshi Village

    Shiroishi City

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-09-06
  16. official
    Ganguan Kokeshi Workshop — Akiu Craft Park

    Sendai City

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-09-06
  17. official
    Japan Kokeshi Museum

    Tohoku Tourism Promotion Organization

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-09-06
  18. museum
    Kokeshi: From Folk Art to Art Toy — Traditional

    Japanese American National Museum

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-08-31
  19. museum
    Visitor Information

    Miyagi Zaō Kokeshi Museum

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-09-06
  20. official
    Yajirō Kokeshi Village Ordinance

    Shiroishi City

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-09-06
  21. official
    Tsugaru Kokeshi Museum Visitor Information

    Kuroishi Tourist Association

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-09-06
  22. dataset
    Nominatim Search — OpenStreetMap Data

    OpenStreetMap contributors

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-09-06
  23. official
    日本こけし館 — opening hours notice

    Japan Kokeshi Museum · 2026-08-20

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-09-25The operator site is served over HTTP only; hours were read from its front-page notice updated 2026-08-20.
  24. museum
    中ノ沢こけしの特徴とその来歴 (Characteristics and history of Nakanosawa kokeshi), Bulletin of Fukushima Museum No. 33

    山口 拡 · Fukushima Museum (福島県立博物館) · 2019-03

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-10-02Japanese-language museum bulletin article, pp. 73–77. Used for Tsuchiyu characteristics, the 1940 standardisation of the name and the traditional/creative distinction.
  25. museum
    Introduction to Kokeshi — Regional Forms and Construction

    Nishida Memorial Museum

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-11-04The museum uses a twelve-group classification. Its Yamagata, Zao and Nanbu sections support the cited features; its classification count does not replace this site's separately sourced eleven-group index.
  26. official
    Traditional Kokeshi of Yamagata

    Yamagata City — Takara no Yamagata

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-11-04
  27. official
    Yamagata Kokeshi — Yamagata Traditional Crafts

    Yamagata Prefecture

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-11-04Used for the comparison of body proportions. The historical sentence naming Fukushima and Akiu together has not been adopted; its geographical wording needs clarification.
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    Nanbu Kokeshi (Hanamaki Kokeshi)

    Hanamaki Tourism Association

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-11-04
  29. museum
    Traditional Kokeshi (Nanbu Group), Accession 099847

    Iwate Prefectural Museum

    View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-11-04Object record for an unpainted kinakina with a named maker and a transcribed base inscription. The museum retains copyright in the photographs; this citation is not a reproduction licence.