WORKS
About the dolls created by Hiroshi Hori
Ningyo-Mai (Puppet Dance)
“Ningyo-Mai” is a stage art originally invented and established by Hori Hiroshi, a puppet artist and dancer.
Kutani-Ware Dolls
In commemoration of the 45th Anniversary as Master Puppeteer
Display Dolls
Hori Hiroshi’s dolls are made by precious real antique materials such as “Uchikake” (a type of kimono worn by princesses in the Edo period) and “Kanzashi” hairpins. which were also worn by princesses in the Edo period.
PROFILE
Doll Creator/Master Puppeteer
HORI HIROSHI
Hori Hiroshi was born on January 1, 1958 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
He began making dolls at an early age, and in 1978, while a student at Aoyama Gakuin University, his doll “Yang Kwei-Fei” was awarded the Creative Dolls Competition.
