[KIMEKOMI wood doll] is called because it engraves a thin groove in the portion of the clothing folds and cloths where it becomes the border and “cling and paste” the cloth there.
Its origin was “KIMEKOMI wood doll] ” born in Kyoto about 270 years ago, the technique of making dolls was transferred to Edo, [Edo KIMEKOMI wood doll] was born.
According to the theory, at that time, a person named Tadashi ge Takahashi, a craftworker at Kamigamo Shrine in Kyoto, made the festival tools of the shrine, made wooden dolls and used the rest of the shrine costumes It is said that it starts.