Jisho

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人形
Wikipedia definition
1. Japanese friendship dollsJapanese friendship dolls or Japanese ambassador dolls and the American blue-eyed dolls were programs of goodwill between Japan and the United States. American Sidney Gulick, a missionary in Japan, initiated an exchange of dolls between children as a way to ease cultural tensions in 1920s. Japanese Viscount Eiichi Shibusawa responded by initiating a program to send 58 dolls to American museums and libraries.
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