Edo Saga

...One theory is that the name comes from the fact that the merchant Suminokura Ryoi, who retired to Saga, a western suburb of Kyoto, in his later years, loved this type of doll and encouraged its production. Eventually, this technique spread to Edo, where the name "Edo Saga" was born in addition to the Kyoto-made dolls, and they were also called "okiage dolls" because of their bold coloring. In Edo, new dolls of genres such as prostitutes, young men, and slaves dressed in tanzen robes were made, and mechanism dolls that could shake their heads or stick out their tongues also appeared. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Edo Saga" is listed below.

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…一説には，貿易商角倉了以（すみのくらりようい）が晩年京の西郊嵯峨に隠棲してこの種の人形を愛好し，製作を奨励したことから名付けられたともいう。やがてこの技法は江戸にも伝わり，京都製とは別に〈江戸嵯峨〉の名が生まれ，また厚味のあるその彩色法から〈置上げ人形〉とも呼ばれた。江戸では新たに丹前姿の遊女や若衆，奴（やつこ）などの風俗人形がつくられ，首を振ったり舌を出したりするしかけ人形も現れた。…

※「江戸嵯峨」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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