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Miss Tokushima is by the artist Takizawa Kōryūsai II and her kimono crest is the yotsuwari giku ni hana sumi (four-segmented chrysanthemum surrounding a flower).
Miss Tokushima participated in the important 8-doll exhibition in Los Angeles as part of the International Sunday School Convention in July of 1928.
She was placed at the Eastern Washington State Historical Society in January of 1929 at the request of a Society Curator, Mr. T.A. Bonser. In 2001, the Historical Society changed its name to the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture.
Miss Tokushima retains nearly all of her original accessories, missing only her passport and ship ticket. In 2010 the Yoshitoku Corporation conducted some minor repairs and gifted her a small purse and fan to be added to her collection.
In 1988 she returned to Japan to participate in the important exhibition sponsored by the Kokusai Bunka Kyōkai (Japanese International Culture Association), the Sogo Department Store and the Asahi Shimbun in Tokyo, which saw the gathering together of 34 of the “blue-eyed” Doll Messengers of Goodwill from across Japan and 19 of the Japanese Friendship Dolls. A picture of Miss Tokushima holding a parasol graced the cover of this exhibition catalogue. She returned to Japan again for a homecoming in 2010 at the Tokushima Prefectural Museum alongside the blue-eyed doll named “Alice.”
Through archival image comparisons, Miss Tokushima has been determined to be the original Miss Gifu, though she remains commonly referred to as Miss Tokushima. Dubbed “Miss T,” Miss Tokushima presides over the Hina Matsuri celebration every year at the Mukugawa Japanese Cultural Center in Spokane, Washington.