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. Here is a list of the ones located in our jurisdiction. In addition, Miss Tokyo-fu was sent to Richmond, Virginia but the present location is unknown.