159 pp. Quarter red cloth over paper-covered illustrated boards. Profusely illustrated in exquisite full color throughout. Clean, square and tight throughout. Fine condition but for slight rubbing to corners. Dust jacket has some minor rubbing to corners and extremities. Sheet of realized prices from 1993 auction laid in. A comprehenxive treatment of the history, costume, character exoression, method of construction and diversity of styles of these extraordinary dolls as well as a guide to identification. The Meiji Era was from 1868 to 1912.