Museum unveils collection of traditional dolls from Japan and abroad

A museum devoted to dolls and other items from Japan and abroad, including Japanese dolls from the 17th to the 19th centuries, unveiled its extensive collection for the first time in the city of Saitama, near Tokyo, on Tuesday.The media were given a preview a month before the opening of the Iwatsuki Ningyo Museum located in Iwatsuki Ward, home to Japan's foremost makers of traditional "hina" dolls."We have collected traditional hina ningyo dolls and court dolls. We would like people to see the high quality of our exhibition," Koichi Hayashi, the museum's director, told reporters.The museum'…READ FULL ARTICLE