Hirata Goyo 平田郷陽 (1903-1981) had succeeded the mind and technics how the iki-ningyou or living dolls should be created from his father, and developed it to the modern dolls in today.
Many web-sites, e.g.”SoraNews24-Japan News”, introduce to you,
"Lifelike dolls created by legendary Goyo Hirata amaze Twitter users, leave us speechless.
Japan is full of national treasures, from beautiful nature spots to old architecture, but one of the most interesting classes of national treasure is the living kind. Master of their crafts, these national treasures often represent the heights of Japanese arts ―including doll making! But we’re not talking about G.I.Joe figures or Barbie dolls, we’re talking about work of art that look less like toys and more like real people frozen in time."
・ Hirata Goyo "Yosooi 装い or heir set"
・ Hirata Goyo "nakuko 泣く児 or crying child"
Both are the collection of the Yokohama Doll Museum
