Talk:Kokeshi

message: I have heard that dead or stillborn children were one reason for the kokeshi doll; but, the recent edit that mentions slaughter and cannibalism is new to me.
Google shows a total of 3 hits for 子消し.
Is there any other resource on this besides the link that was posted?  It seems to be a link to a junior high school project page, so it's possible that we are citing a joke made by a 13 year old... So, I commented it out for the time being.
Also, I completely removed part of the edit, referring to slaughtering of Tohoku-ites in Tokyo.  Don't know if that's true or not, but even if it is, it doesn't have relevance to kokeshi as far as I can see. Neier 06:26, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added sources for the 子消し bit (it's been published in several books), as well as a Japanese site that debunks it pretty thoroughly. Jpatokal (talk) 08:44, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: 子消し

message: "The word 'kokeshi' is also used in Japanese as a euphemism for 'dildo'." Is this really appropriate trivia? --Candy-Panda 00:05, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have taken the liberty to remove the euphemism statement because 1) it's inappropriate, 2) it's unnecessary, and 3) chances are, anything could be made into a euphemism and there's no reason to mention every instance on every page, especially when it's so unrelated to the subject matter.  I also completely removed the cannibalism mention because I have found no evidence that it is true and because there are already established explanations for the origins and design of the kokeshi. -Nameneko 09:19, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is this really appropriate? 

message: I don't know how, when or why misinformation has crept into this article, but it's in serious need of some work.  Two examples stand out to me: 
*(from the lede) "They (kokeshi) are exchanged amongst friends with written messages stored within them as tokens of friendship."  This simply isn't the case.  How could "messages (be) stored within them", considering the bodies are solid?  I own about 80 examples of kokeshi going back to the 1920s and not one of them is hollow.
*"Kokeshi were first produced by kijishi, artisans proficient with a potter's wheel, at the Shinchi Shuraku, near the Tōgatta Onsen in Zaō from where kokeshi making techniques spread to other spa areas in the Tōhoku Region."  Again, this is nonsensical.  First, because it is impossible to turn a tall piece of wood on a potter's wheel; wheels have no provisions for securely anchoring a wooden blank and using a chisel anywhere except perhaps very close to the surface of the wheel, would be impossible.  And second, because -- other than at the coasts -- the Tohoku region is not a traditional thrown-pottery area; that was only produced in the lowlands where clay was plentiful.  The kokeshi-producing areas of the Tohoku region are mountainous and forested, lacking in clay.  Consequently, potters' wheels would not have been used in the kokeshi-producing areas.  
Neither of these claims are sourced.  If no one has any compelling reasons why these should be left in (and can adequately source them), I'm going to remove them. Bricology (talk) 08:11, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Multiple instances of misinformation 

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