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Miss Fukuoka is by the artist Takizawa Kōryūsai II. Her kimono crest is the 5-7 kiri (5-7 paulownia).
She was originally assigned to the University of Oregon Museum of Art (UOMA) in Eugene, Oregon, though details of her actual disposition in the museum, which did not formally open to the public until 1933, are unclear. For a time, she was under the custodianship of the office of the UO’s President. Beginning in the 1950s she was also listed as belonging to the Erb Memorial Union collection, the student hall on campus. It was not until 1972 that she was formally accessioned by the museum.
Despite the presence of a major art museum in nearby Portland, Oregon, Miss Fukuoka’s placement at the University was exceptionally appropriate. Not only was UOMA one of the few museums in the country dedicated to Asian art, but its founder, Gertrude Bass Warner (1863-1951), was exceptionally active in the International Peace Movement, and the campus itself was to serve as host to a number of gatherings directed at promoting world peace. Miss Fukuoka was frequently a symbolic participant in these activities and mentioned in the university press.
However, after a period of focus on the doll and her message, her record falls largely silent.
In 2005, after a significant expansion, the UOMA was rechristened the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon, where Miss Fukuoka remains today.
Through archival images, she has been identified as the original Miss Gunma.