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Miss Fukushima is by the artist Takizawa Kōryūsai II. Her personal name is Fukushima Kinuko and her kimono crest is the agari fuji (climbing wisteria).
She was originally sent to the Houston Museum of Fine Arts in September of 1928.
In 1990, she was auctioned off with all of her accessories at Butterfield & Butterfield in San Francisco where she was purchased by a private collector.
In 2007 she was sold once again and sent back to Japan for conservation and a special homecoming ceremony in Fukuoka Prefecture.
In 2009, she was placed at the National Museum of Toys/Miniatures in Kansas City, Missouri where she remains today.
Given this history, it is especially notable that she retains nearly all of her original accessories as well as her U.S.-made travel trunk.
Through archival images she has been identified as the original Miss Ehime.