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Top: Regional: Asia: Japan: Arts_and_Entertainment: Traditional: Dolls
Important Notes - Please Read:Please submit only sites dealing with Japanese traditional dolls in this category. Sites in Japan selling traditional goods/art should be listed under Japan: Business and Economy: Shopping: Traditional Goods. Sites selling goods outside Japan should submit their sites in Shopping: Ethnic and Regional: Asia: Japanese. Websites in Japanese should be submitted to World: Japanese. No site is guaranteed placement in the Open Directory. Any site unrelated to Japan, or still under construction, submitted to multiple inappropriate categories, using multiple URLs for multiple submissions, or consisting primarily of affiliate links will be deleted and may be permanently banned. |
This category is for Japanese traditional (non-Western) dolls.Websites in Japanese should be submitted to World: Japanese.
Important Notes - Please Read:Websites submitted here must be Japan related and in English. Sites in Japanese should be submitted to the appropriate World/Japanese subcategory. Please submit your site only ONCE. Multiple pages from the same site will not be listed in this category or any subcategories. Thank you for your cooperation. |
During the 1920's, in the face of growing xenophobia and anti-immigration laws in the United States, a former missionary to Japan started a program of sending Friendship Dolls to Japan to increase cultural contact. The Japanese reciprocated by creating several dolls and sending them to the US.During World War II, many of the dolls were destroyed in the hysteria and passion occurring on both sides, but several dolls survived and are still being used as a symbol of US-Japan friendship and as a cultural lesson.
This category is for sites that show the history of the doll exchanges, and how they are still being used today.
Sites in Japanese should be submitted to the appropriate World/Japanese subcategory.
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