e/Japanese friendship dolls

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has glosseng: Japanese 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.
lexicalizationeng: Japanese friendship dolls
instance of(noun) a small replica of a person; used as a toy
doll, dolly
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Japanese
has glossjpn: 青い目の人形(あおいめのにんぎょう、)は、昭和初期から第二次世界大戦前にかけて、米国から日本に贈られた人形のこと。
lexicalizationjpn: 青い目の人形
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media:imgEiichi Shibusawa and dolls.jpg

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