OBJECT FILE
The Okiku doll
FOLLOWMannenji, Iwamizawa, Hokkaido, Japan
THE OBJECT
A traditional Japanese doll in a kimono, said to have been bought in 1918 at Tanukikōji in Sapporo by Eikichi Suzuki for his small sister Okiku, who died the next year. When the family left Hokkaido in 1938 they placed the doll with Mannenji temple in Iwamizawa, where it is kept in a case and shown to visitors; photography is not permitted.
REPORTED ACTIVITY
The temple says the doll's cropped hair has grown, over the decades, to below its knees, and that it is trimmed periodically. No independent examination has been published; the family history is the temple's own account.
WHERE IT IS NOW
On public display — kept by Mannenji temple. Mannenji, Iwamizawa, Hokkaido, Japan.
PROVENANCE · 2 ENTRIES
TRACE ON THE MAP →1918 – 1938
POSSIBLE LOCATIONThe Suzuki family (bought by Eikichi Suzuki for his sister Okiku)
family home, Iwamizawa area, Hokkaido, Japan
Bought at Tanukikōji, Sapporo, 1918; Okiku died 1919. The temple's account is the only source; no independent record.
Source: Mannenji temple's account, as reported by Pink Tentacle (2010)
1938 — CURRENT LOCATION
Mannenji temple
Mannenji, Iwamizawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Source: Pink Tentacle (2010); The Ghost In My Machine (2022) — the doll is on view at the temple
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