Wednesday, February 5, 2025

(3317) One of the older shops...

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...making and selling dolls in Asakusabashi: Yoshitoku (吉徳) founded in 1711 and having been given its name by the sixth Edo shogun, Tοkugawa Ienobu (徳川家宣, 1662-1712) himself. 

(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore" set on Flickr).

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