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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lauragarnet, post: 193302, member: 105&quot;]This is info from a really quick search. Hopefully it&#039;s on the right track.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://people.clas.ufl.edu/jshoaf/files/nohnara.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="http://people.clas.ufl.edu/jshoaf/japanese-dolls/floating-world/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://people.clas.ufl.edu/jshoaf/japanese-dolls/floating-world/" rel="nofollow">These small carved and painted wooden dolls represent roles in the Noh theater, an aristocratic and spiritual entertainment.</a></p><p>Actors and their roles</p><p>[...]Nara wood carvings, an old type of doll, frequently represent the characters of the sacred, masked Noh drama. This is not a theater of the “floating world” but a spiritual theater appealing to eternal values–and patronized by lords and aristocrats. Dolls representing Noh actors are less common than dolls representing the popular Kabuki theater, though in fact many of the same legendary characters appear in both Noh and Kabuki...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/GjEAAOSwxcRW-BHG/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-Hand-painted-Vintage-Colorfully-Wood-Carved-Noh-Actor-Figure-Signed-/302155551092?hash=item4659dfd174:g:GjEAAOSwxcRW-BHG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-Hand-painted-Vintage-Colorfully-Wood-Carved-Noh-Actor-Figure-Signed-/302155551092?hash=item4659dfd174:g:GjEAAOSwxcRW-BHG" rel="nofollow"><b>Japanese Hand-painted Vintage Colorfully Wood Carved Noh Actor Figure ~ Signed</b></a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/mUQAAOSwKrhVdCUV/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/X44AAOSwl8NVdCU3/s-l1600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>This one has feet! Cute!</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Japanese-Carved-Painted-Wooden-Netsuke-Nara-Ningyo-Shojo-Noh-Actor-Meiji-/262723678685?hash=item3d2b8d31dd:g:mUQAAOSwKrhVdCUV" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Japanese-Carved-Painted-Wooden-Netsuke-Nara-Ningyo-Shojo-Noh-Actor-Meiji-/262723678685?hash=item3d2b8d31dd:g:mUQAAOSwKrhVdCUV" rel="nofollow"><b>Antique Japanese Carved Painted Wooden Netsuke Nara Ningyo Shojo Noh Actor Meiji</b></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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