Vtg Creative Kokeshi Kazuo Taka Mizawa Oval Body Round Dot Eyes Signed. Artist : Kazuo Taka Mizawa. Awards : Prime Minister’s. Vintage mint kokeshi has been stored in the original box since the1960s/70s. Vintage Japanese Sosaku Kokeshi. Sosaku is a term that literally translated as “creative” and those creative koseshi allow the artist complete freedom in terms of shape, design and color while traditional kokeshi exhibits a similar recognizable style and character. The history of creative kokeshi is quite new and they were developed after World War II. They are not particular to a specific region of Japan and generally creative kokeshi artists are found in cities.