Kewpie doll
Kewpie doll is a comics character. It is recorded from 1909.
Also recorded as Kewpie.
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Scholarship
arXiv (Cornell University) publishes 1 scientific preprints indexed for this heading. DataCite Commons publishes 2 deposited research records for this heading.
Digitised editions and texts
2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Open Library.
Kewpie doll (2 catalogued editions) (1984) — Open Library. Kewpie doll (1984) — Open Library.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)), 2 deposited research records (DataCite Commons) and 1 scientific preprints indexed (arXiv (Cornell University)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1909Kewpie doll first recorded.
- 1984Kewpie doll (2 catalogued editions) (1984) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
- 1984Kewpie doll (2 catalogued editions) digitised by Open Library.
- 1984Kewpie doll digitised by Open Library.
- 2019Distance and Immediacy: Investigating narratives of portability digitised by DataCite (Griffith University).
- 2021The Simplest Viscous Flow digitised by DataCite (arXiv).
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
2 Reading Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon with Help from the Kewpie Dolls, Framing Contract Law, 2012
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 2.
arXiv, Cornell University, preprints naming “Kewpie doll”
Institutional database · Scholarly
Consult the source - 3.
Beyond the Tinsel and the Kewpie: Feminism, Domesticity, and the Politics of Gender in Ray Lawler’s Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Literariness Journal, 2026
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 4.
DataCite Commons, deposited research records naming “Kewpie doll”
Institutional database · Scholarly
Consult the source - 5.
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Open Library, catalogue records for “Kewpie doll”
Institutional database · Scholarly
Consult the source - 7.
Reading Wood V. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon with Help from the Kewpie Dolls, 2005
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 8.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q1140857: Kewpie doll
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Consult the source - 9.
“Kewpie”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source
Plates
Each plate is reproduced under the terms the holding register itself publishes, with its creator and licence named.
Back of bisque Kewpie (c. 1912), with original "Design patented" sticker and signature blue wings.
Scottdoesntknow · CC BY-SA 3.0
The picture record
The Dinkum Boy calendar was sent to the Patent Copyright office. The calendar even though produced in 1919 still shows patriotic fervour. Archives New Zealand Reference: PC4 1015/1919
Archives New Zealand from New Zealand · "Dinkum Boy" calendar 1919 · Public domain
The picture recordElsewhere in Collectables
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