- Japanese name
- 作並系こけし
- Reading
- sakunami-kei kokeshi
- Main region
- Sendai and Sakunami Onsen, Miyagi Prefecture
- Verification
- partial
Published evidence fields
What the reviewed sources support
Form and construction
Official Miyagi material describes an overall slender form developed in relation to a body that children could hold.
Documented motifs
- Kani-giku (crab-like chrysanthemum)
- restrained red-and-black linework in a documented Sendai branch
Documented colours
- Red
- Black
Documented materials
- Mizuki (dogwood)
- Itaya kaede (maple)
- Urihada kaede (maple)
Omitted fields remain under review. These notes are context, not a visual authentication key.
Named in official sources
Related makers
Miyagi Prefecture
Teruyuki Hiraga
平賀 輝幸
Listed by Miyagi Prefecture as a Sakunami-lineage kokeshi maker participating in Project Takumi, a group for younger successors to designated traditional crafts.
View sourced recordSendai, Miyagi Prefecture
Akira Suzuki
鈴木 明
Sendai City’s Akiu Craft Park profile identifies Suzuki as a kokeshi maker born in Sendai in 1960, continuing family practice while also developing contemporary small-scale work.
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Optional object media
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Sources and further reading
- officialMiyagi Traditional Crafts — Miyagi Traditional Kokeshi
Miyagi Prefectural Government · 2025-08-14
View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-08-31 - officialProject Takumi: Young Successors to Miyagi Traditional Crafts
Miyagi Prefectural Government
View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-08-31 - officialGanguan Kokeshi Workshop — Akiu Craft Park
Sendai City
View source (opens in a new tab)Accessed 2026-09-06
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