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>During the Meiji Era, three men became pioneers in collecting ningyo, Kurihara Sokotsu (1851-1913), Nishizawa, Senko (1864–1914), and Tsuboi Shogoro (1863–1913). The three men are referred to as "Gangu San Ketsu" (the three great toy collectors). They introduced a systematic approach to collecting ningyo in an effort to preserve and document the various forms of ningyo (Scott, 2008[incomplete short citation]). Shimizu Seifu, an artist and calligrapher, put his artistic ability to use by creating an illustrated catalog of his own collection of 440 ningyo dolls. The catalog was published in 1891, under the title Unai no Tomo. Nishizawa Senko, a banker, gathered a significant collection on hina-ningyo.
>MFW they were /toy/ before electricity
