Doll-A-Day 2023 #290: Futaba Fisher...man?

    Boy, it is always something! I mentioned yesterday that my camera battery died as I was taking pictures for today's post. Well, I put the battery on charge, and today I tried again. The battery charger had a green light, which means fully charged, but  my camera still won't come on! Ken had my phone because he had meetings with two electricians and a window person at the house today, so I couldn't take pictures with that. So you'll just have to settle for the few pictures I took yesterday. This guy is a Futaba.

   He's a fisherman, I think. I assume that's what the basket is for, and the stick he's holding over his shoulder.

If he were standing up he would be about 8 inches tall.

  The little sticker on the logs he's sitting on says 'Made in Japan'.

  You might have seen the post I did on a Futaba I used to have, (Before somebody on Flickr talked me out of it! It was a really nice one, and I wish I still had it.)  As I learned when researching for that post: Futaba creatures are mythical Japanese water beings, that are half human and half turtle. I think they are also called Kappa or Shibaten. 

  I just noticed that this guy is wearing a very similar shirt to my other one. Both shirts are blue and white plaid, with a brown placket. I know this one doesn't look like he's wearing a white and blue plaid shirt, but that's because he looks like he was probably previously owned by a smoker. If I could get him off those logs I might be brave enough to soak him in Stain Devils. It's worked before on dolls that were completely yellow from ancient cigarette smoke.

  That's today's doll. Sorry I couldn't give you more detailed pictures. My battery...or is it, my camera, went out as I was about to do a close up of that sticker. I'll figure something out for tomorrow's doll. At least I'll have my phone back by then. See you tomorrow.

Doll-A-Day 2017 #208: Enesco Futaba Doll/Frog Person

  Today's doll is ...sort of...a doll. There is definitely a doll involved. It's this little frog person.

I found this guy...girl?...the other week,at my favourite Goodwill.

I think this is a Futaba doll,although Futaba dolls are turtles. this is a frog, isn't it? Futaba creatures are mythical Japanese water beings that are half human and half turtle. I think they are also called Kappa or Shibaten. If anybody knows more about this subject,please let us know.

 I would say this frog is old, considering the look of the Enesco sticker on the bottom.

The frog is strangely human.

Or is the human strangely froglike?

Frogs don't normally wear shirts , do they?

Well no,but the polka dot underwear,of course.

Either way it has a cute little top knot hairdo.

The base is a slice of wood,painted blue on top,and covered with a heavy paper lily pad.

The whole thing measures 6" from the tip of the leaf to the blue velvet leaf attached to the froggie's foot.

See you tomorrow.