Featured When you find a Geisha with a Samurai sword.

Then you've seen everything lol.
I know she is't very old but.
She is 15" tall not including the wood stand. What i didn't find out till I got her home is she plays music. The wood pedestal next to her is the winder. I think someone in the thrift store doesn't know a lot about Japanese dolls and thought the sword looked good on her.
I have never seen a geisha with a sword.
But maybe she came with a sword?
Mikey

 

She's a woman but I don't think she's a geisha. What's the blue thing?

 

That is the tassel attached to the sword.

 

Is there a way to take it off without harming her?

 

Yes it was just hanging from her fingers.

 

I don't think the sword is original to her.
A male doll might have a sword. I used have a Kabuki lion dancer doll who had one.

 

I don't think so either. But a nice gift. It might go better on my Samurai doll but it is pretty big for him I think. I sure i could sell the sword by it self too.

 

But the way her hands are positioned, perhaps she is presenting the sword.
Maybe it does belong with her. It would have been glued to her hands. Any glue residue on her hands or the sword?

 

No glue. It was just hung from the tassel through her fingers.

 

Definitely looks posed to be holding something. Since she plays music, maybe she had an instrument like a samisen?

 

Yes, I was just thinking that, too.
If someone could translate the tag....

 

"IF" she plays music?

 

The music mechanism is in the base. Maybe the tag or the writing on the winder tells the name of the song??

 

The sword is out of scale so very likely not original.

Debora

 

Kinda looks like a 'bungee' cord with tassles..........

 

So maybe she should be holding some sort of musical instrument??????

 

I'm fresh out of miniature Japanese stringed Instruments!

 

If you are very very nice to @kyratango maybe she'll make you one.

 

With putty, toothpicks and aluminum foil