A large wooden sculpture displayed nationally in the fall of 1946 by Furukawa Junzo (1910-1997) titled T-ko no Zo and published in on page 206 of the Nittenshi 16. The image is carved from two blocks of wood joined together across the knees. A modern girl (modan gyaru) looks bashfully down at the long hem of her skirt, curly western style hair wrapped in a scarf. At once charming and seductive, unlike a great deal of sculpture this piece speaks particularly of its time. It was carved within ...click for details
