✳︎ Item Name: Kishimayama Ittou-bori "Kachikachi Car (E)" ✳︎ Artist: Masao Niizato ✳︎ Production Year: Showa Period ✳︎ Condition: No original box or explanatory notes / Some damage to the main body due to aging / Wheels turn properly. ✳︎ Size: Approximately Height 10cm x 12cm x Width 5cm ✳︎ Remarks: Please understand that this is a used item before purchasing. Returns and exchanges are not accepted. The Kachikachi Car is a wooden toy modeled after the magpie. "Kachikachi" is the name for magpies (the prefectural bird of Saga Prefecture) in the Kishimayama region. A wooden toy from Kishimayama Ittou-bori, Saga Prefecture. This is the "Kachikachi Car" with a magpie motif. A very cute piece with big eyes and a large tail. Size "E" has a "Japan" mark. Selected for good design both in Japan and abroad, it has a history of awards, including the Swiss World Craft Good Design Award, and is a local toy that Japan is proud of, with a globally recognized background. However, Kishimayama Ittou-bori, which has produced wonderful works for nearly half a century, is said to have become a discontinued product that is no longer produced. ◉ Masao Niizato Profile ✳︎ Birthdate (1931-2025) ✳︎ Born in Taiwan. ✳︎ Kishimayama Ittou-bori artist, painter (oil painting, woodblock print), Chinese poet. After the end of the war: He moved to Japan, relying on his older brother who worked in a coal mine in Saga Prefecture. In his late teens, he also worked as a coal miner. He experienced a cave-in accident in the coal mine and, having narrowly escaped death, decided, "I want to live doing what I love from now on," and aspired to the path of art. His creations were diverse and left artistic expressions for posterity. ◎ Search Terms ⤵︎ #Kijiguruma #Kijiguruma #LocalToy #KiyomizuTemple #KachikachiCar #Kiyaatsuguro #WoodCarving #KishimayamaDoll #IttouBori #Mingei #Mingei #MUJI #Fukukan #LocalToy #PeasantArt folktoy フォークトイ 中川政七商店 #Gachagacha #Kaiyodo #JapaneseSouvenir #NationalMameLocalToy #Folkcrafts SouvenirKokeshi #Kijikuruma #Kijiuma #KijiToy MiyagemonCollection #MasaoNiizato Local Toy Peasant Art Mingei Mingei Wood Carving Wood Carving Fukukan Koppa Doll Joan Miro Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten