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Hariko .. Papermachee Dolls of Japan

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Hariko – Papermache Dolls of Daruma　... ALBUM


. Introducing Clay Dolls 土人形 tsuchi ningyoo


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Ainu Daruma ... アイヌだるま Hokkaido

Aizu Daruma 会津だるま

Aloha Daruma Hawaii

Ayame あやめ　菖蒲　＜＞　Iris Dolls and Daruma


Bushuu Daruma Koshigaya Daruma　武州だるま、越谷だるま　張子
Osato daruma 大里だるま
Sunahara Daruma 砂原だるま
Ukiya no goshiki Daruma 浮谷　五色だるま


Bishamon Tanuki 毘沙門狸 Bishamon Daruma

Cats and Daruma 猫と達磨 Manekineko Beckoning Cats

Celluloid Dolls セルロイド人形 seruroido ningyoo
Chichibu Daruma / 秩父だるま

.. .. Clay Dolls Photo Gallery / 土人形達磨の写真館

Clay Dolls 土人形 ... Clay Doll Museum 土人形資料館


Daruma for special purposes .. 特別なためのだるま
Designer Dolls デザイナーズだるま


Ebisu with Daruma, Clay Doll 恵比寿とだるま、土人形

Echizen Take Ningyoo . takeningyoo 越前竹人形 Bamboo Dolls from Echizen.

Edo Daruma ... 江戸だるま /　江戸達磨 Papermachee dolls from Edo / Tokyo

Etsuki Daruma ... 江月だるまこけし Kokeshi wooden doll from Etsuki town, Miyagi pref.

Fujieda Daruma and Lafcadio Hearn Koizumi Yakumo 小泉八雲と藤枝だるま　

Fukushima Daruma 福島だるま from Fukushima prefecture

Fukusuke 福助

Funado Daruma 船渡だるま

Fushimi Clay Dolls / 伏見土人形

Gokayama Daruma 五箇山の達磨 and Shirakawa Daruma 白川だるま

Hachimaki - Daruma with a Headband 鉢巻のだるま

Hakata Dolls /　博多張子と土人形

Hige Daruma with Beard

Hanamaki Tsuchi Ningyoo 花巻人形 Clay dolls from Hanamaki


. Hime Daruma 姫達磨　姫だるま Princess Daruma - Introduction


Himeji Dolls /姫路人形

Hina Ningyo and Darumabina 雛人形　. だるま雛, 達磨雛（だるまびな）for the Doll Festival

Imo Daruma ... いもだるま Potatoes and Daruma, sweet potatoes, satsuma imo

Isohama Daruma Doll 磯浜だるま from Ibaraki


Jirochoo and Ishimatsu 次郎長だるま . 石松だるま


Kabocha Daruma as Pumpkinかぼちゃ達磨, かぼちゃだるま

Kashiwa Dolls / 柏張子

Kasugabe Dolls /春日部張子

Kawagoe Daruma ... 川越だるま　 Dolls and Daruma Market

Kazusa Dolls / 下総だるまPapermachee Dolls (see also: Kashiwa Daruma)

Kenzon Daruma ... 謙三だるま, 謙三達磨

Kitsune Daruma, Fox Daruma　狐だるま　狐達磨 From Niigata

Kiyomizu Small Clay Dolls 清水豆人形（京都府）

Koizumi Daruma 小泉だるま Doll from Gifu

Kokeshi (1) こけし ..... Kokeshi (2) こけし ..... Kokeshi (3) こけし

Kokeshi Collection (4) こけしコレクション

Kokeshi (5) with Kokeshi

Konosu Papermachee Dolls 鴻巣達磨Saitama prefecture

Koshigaya Papermachee Doll 越谷張子だるま

Koshu Daruma ... 甲州だるま ... Shingen Daruma 信玄だるま (Takeda Shingen), Yamanashi Daruma

Kurashiki Hariko　倉敷張子 / Tamashima Daruma 玉島だるま

Kyoto Clay Dolls 京土人形


..... .....Markets to sell Daruma / 達磨市　だるま市

Matsukawa Daruma 松川張子

松本だるま Matsumoto Daruma Nagano

Matsuyama Princess Daruma /　松山の姫達磨
..... Matsuyama Kinten Daruma ... 松山の金天だるま Matsuyama with a golden head

Mihara Daruma 　/ 三原だるま

Miharu Daruma 三春だるま

Mikawa Dolls /三河張子や土人形

Mishima no Daruma 三嶋のだるま、三嶋大社

Mizuho Daruma Doll Store 祈願ダルマの 瑞 穂



Nagahama Daruma 長浜だるま

Nagoya Dolls / 名古屋張子

Nakaminato no Daruma 那珂湊のだるま Ibaraki

Nakamura Collection 中村コレクション

Nakano Clay Dolls 中野土人形

Ningyoo kuyoo 人形供養 Ningyo Kuyo - Memorial service

Nogata, Tsuyasaki Dolls / 直方張子、津屋崎土人形

Nozawa Daruma / 野沢張子, Nishi-Aizu


Ooasahiko Shrine Naruto Shinto Daruma Doll

Ohama Clay Dolls 碧南大浜土人形　
..... and Asahi Clay Dolls, 旭土人形

Okinawa Dolls / 沖縄民芸

Oomi Daruma 近江張子

Onna Daruma 女だるま、女達磨

Onishi Clay Dolls 尾西のだるま / Okoshi Tsuchi ningyo 起の土人形

Osaka '70 World Fair　- Ōsaka Banpaku (大阪万博) Memorial Dolls

Otafuku Daruma お多福達磨　おたふくだるま


Papercraft, Make a Daruma Yourself !

Papermachee Dolls Photo Gallery / 達磨張子の写真館

Plastic Art Dolls ... DCTO Jibun Project

Popoi Doll Museum ポパイ人形資料館

Ringo Apple 林檎だるま　りんごこけし


Sahara Dolls 佐原だるま

Sankaku Daruma 三角だるま・三角ダルマ Triangular, conical Daruma

Shikoku Daruma 四国のだるまさん Introduction

Shirakawa Daruma 白川張子

Shogun Daruma (Shoogun Daruma) 武将達磨
Sanada Yukimura 真田幸村, Naoe Kanetsugu 直江兼続, Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣秀吉　in 2009 NHK Drama


相州だるま 　Sooshuu Daruma / 相模だるま　 Sagami Daruma

Sunglasses papermachee doll from Taiwan


Tabemono to gangu　食べ物と玩具 Traditional Dolls and Food

Takamatsu Dolls / 高松張子と土人形

Takeda Princess Daruma / 竹田の姫達磨

Tamashima Dolls / 玉島張子と良寛さん

Tanabata Daruma 七夕だるま　＜＞　Star Festival on July 7

..... Tanuki ... 狸々だるま Tanuki from Takamatsu

Tetsuki Daruma with Arms

Tora Tiger Kokeshi トラだるま、こけし

Tsugaru Glass Daruma　津軽のガラス工芸だるま

Tsuyama Dolls /　津山の姫達磨、奴だるま


Uto Princess Daruma / 宇土姫達磨

Uwajima Papermachee Doll 宇和島だるま Uwajima Daruma with Headband


Yakko Daruma /　奴だるま

Yakuri Daruma / 八栗だるま張子

Yamabuki-Iro, Yellow Daruma 山吹色の黄色だるま

Yamagata Daruma 山形だるま
... Hirashimizu Daruma 平清水だるま
... Sakata Daruma 酒田のだるま

Yamanashi 山梨親子だるま Oyako Daruma, Parent and Child, Father and Child

Yonago Daruma　米子だるま


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Hariko Introduction

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Papermachee Dolls　張子 hariko




Hariko Papermache Dolls are probably the most common of all the Daruma dolls.
Here is a quote from an article about the development of Daruma dolls in Japan:


From the Tumbler Doll (okiagari koboshi) to the
Tumbler Daruma (okiagari Daruma 起き上がりだるま)

After the Period of the Warring States Japan reached a time of 300 years of peace under the Tokugawa regime. The Tumbler Dolls of papermachee　first made in Kyoto, soon
reached the new capital of Edo. The inventive townspeople of Edo painted a big black beard on the face of the old man and a visiting priest came to say: "Well, if this is not the face of Daruma Daishi himself!" The red robe was the traditional garb of a priest.

Getting up after falling down was taken as a wish getting better for an ill person. It was also said that the stark red colour would ward off smallpox, so the red tumbler doll of Daruma would be the best present for a sick child. This one blessing was soon followed by others and developed into "Falling down seven times, getting up eight times"
(nanakorobi yaoki 七転びやおき), turning into a blessing for many generations of the family line, good business and others.

Thus Daruma got a firm place in the heart of the Japanese people and seemd to work for the good of people with six heads and six arms. The faith in him grew steadily and soon the dolls were sold at the New Years fairs at many local temples and the tradition to paint one eye for a wish started. You had to buy a new one every year, so the tradition expanded and we have to thank the founder of the Zen Sect for all of this.


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Ko no Su Dolls

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Ko no Su Dolls 鴻巣人形　Konosu ningyoo
Saitama prefecture, Konosu, Town Koonosu




Kōnosu earned the nickname "Doll Town" for its many "Hina Ningyo" (a type of Japanese doll) factories. Kōnosu is also called "Flower town." It has several flower markets, and many flowers purchased in Tokyo and Kantō region are grown in Kōnosu. The most popular flower in the city is the pansy, which is also the city's official flower.
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Dolls from Ko no Su

In Konosu, dolls are produced one by one by the hands of skilled craftsmen. Such Japanese traditional culture as doll manufacturing and associated sense of beauty spread to other parts of Japan, and is handed down through the generations.


source :　www3.city.kounosu.saitama.jp


akamono, aka mono 赤もの red things (for good luck)

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鴻巣だるま Konosu Daruma 鴻巣達磨

Daruma Doll from the Early Showa Period


© PHOTO : www.japan-toy-museum.org


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Here is a collection with one BIG Daruma!


© PHOTO : shuugetu.casse.jp

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A whole group of them !


© PHOTO : s-maturi.la.coocan.jp

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ashitsuki daruma　足つきダルマ / 足付きダルマ　
Daruma with legs,
made by Konosu Towin Tachiya Doll Shop 埼玉県鴻巣市 太刀屋人形

They are papermachee daruma with extra red legs to stand on. They used to be made as one of the "small red things from Konosu town" (鴻巣の赤物)




akamono, aka mono 赤もの red things (for good luck)

They ward off smallpox and other diseases of children. Also to ward off evil generally.
Some are made quite simple as

The most favorite subjects are



kuma nori Kintoki 熊乗り金時 Kintaro on a bear



tai nori Kintoki 鯛乗り金時 Kintaro on a sea bream

Kintoki is the local name for Kintaro, the Strong Boy.
His toys are bought with the wish for a strong and healthy child.




taiguruma, tai guruma　鯛車　sea bream on wheels
The God of Diseases is invited to sit on this red fish and swim away in the nearest river.


These "red things" are an important cultural property of Japan.


. Kintaro and Daruma だるま抱き金太郎 .

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nerimono 練り物 "twisted" clay dolls
made with clay or raw natural glue and chips of paulownia, leftover from woodcarving of furniture and other dolls. This paste is pressed into molds and later colored.

Together with the nerimono from Iwatsuki in Saitama, they are the most popular "seasonal dolls" in Kanto.
The tradition goes back to the clay dolls of Fushimi, Kyoto, and have been handed down in the Sekiguchi family 関口家, in the store Yoshimiya 吉見屋, since about 1580.

The akamono are the most popular among the nerimono.

They come in traditional forms (above) and some more modern ones.

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shoobu taichi 菖蒲太刀 iris sword
For the Boy's Festival on May 5. They are made from wood and can be up to 1 meter long.

. Musha ningyoo 武者人形 Samurai Dolls .
for the Boy's Festival

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aka Tenjin 赤天神 red Tenjin sama
kuro Tenjin 黒天神 black Tenjin sama
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kamishimobina, kamishimo hina 裃雛
hina dolls in kamishimo robes



kosei bina 古製雛 old hina dolls


. Hina Doll Festival (hina matsuri 雛祭り) .
March 3


source : http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/

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. Regional Folk Toys from Japan .

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Fukushima Dolls

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Daruma Dolls from Fukushima 福島だるま

. Regional Folk Toys from Japan .



so many
need your help -
Fukushima Daruma

. Japan - after the BIG earthquake . 　
March 11, 2011


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. Aizu Daruma 会津だるま Papermachee Dolls 　






Kabocha Daruma かぼちゃだるま（福島）
Pumpkin Daruma
source :　Tohoku Daruma Collection




. Miharu Daruma 三春だるま Papermachee Dolls 　




Senoue Daruma 瀬の上達磨
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source :　bussan/dentou

During the Edo period travel along the river Abukumagawa 阿武隈川 was frequent and together with the tax rice Daruma dolls were shipped around.


... Yanome Daruma 矢野目だるま
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Yanome is a suburb of Fukushima town.
福島市南矢野目
Now Watanabe Hiroko 渡辺浩子 makes them in the town.

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. Shirakawa Daruma Dolls 白川だるま張子 　
Shirakawa Daruma Natto 白河のだるま納豆


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Hisanohama Daruma, Kunohama 久ノ浜だるま
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Iwaki Daruma いわきだるま
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Tomioka Daruma 富岡だるま
A kind of Tomioka papermachee dolls 富岡張子.



They are made since about 130 years ago, when the first doll maker went to Miharu and started how to make them. He produced Daruma to improve his meager income from farming. Now the family tradition is in the fourth generation. Later after the war they started to make other kinds of papermachee dolls. A speciality is the use of the blue color. The face is a bit similar to the Miharu Daruma.
Now the widow of the last craftsmen keeps the tradition.

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They come with the eyes painted in and stare at the enemy and bad luck until good fortune comes your way.
The brows are like cranes, the beard in the form of a tortoise. The face is framed with a green pattern that looks like a dragon. It is thus used to protect from fire.
source : fukushimatsuu.blog


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Shirakawa Daruma Ramen 白河だるまラーメン
Noodle soup "Daruma"


Daruma sake　だるま酒　Ricewine
in a bottle looking like a Daruma from Shirakawa

. Fukushima - Food and Daruma food 　



. Koma 駒 horse folk toys from Fukushima

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Nagahama

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Nagahama Daruma 長浜だるま






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. Nagahama Festival 長浜曳山祭 Nagahama, Lake Biwa
Shiga prefecture　





. Nagahama Roman Bīru 長浜浪漫ビール(Nagahama, Shiga) 　



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Aloha Daruma

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Aloha Daruma









source : kulala.seesaa.net/




ALOHA　だるま
アロハ　だるま

http://www.heart-of-aloha.com/myweb1_003.htm


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Isohama Nakaminato

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Isohama Daruma Doll 磯浜だるま





Two more



From Ibaragi Prefecture, （Ooarai 大洗町）. (Ibaraki)

Oarai town is south of Nakaminato 那珂湊.
The paper dolls are almost identical.





Nakaminato no Daruma 那珂湊のだるま



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Nakaminato Hariko 那珂湊 張子 papermachee dolls
especially a tiger and white rabbit with wiggeling head.
The tiger is looking to the side, which is seldom with this kind of animal.

. yokomuki tora 横向き虎 tiger looking to the side .
Made by Iida Kishichi 飯田喜七


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Nakaminato was swept away by the tsunami.

那珂湊 津波

The scenes of destruction were especially frightening because they were far from the worst-hit areas. Nakaminato is on the southern edge of the worst devastation from the 8.9-magnitude quake and the tsunami it spawned, which swept away whole villages farther north. Nakaminato sits about 155 miles south of Sendai, the city that bore much of the brunt of the tsunami.
Before the shaking and the waves hit, Nakaminato’s buildings had a worn-out look; the town had been left behind by the country’s industrial buildup and by the young people who headed for thriving cities. The mostly aging population made its living mainly from fishing; the heart of the community was a fishing co-op on the waterfront.
source :　www.nytimes.com



. Japan after the BIG earthquake March 11, 2011　.

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Koizumi Daruma Doll

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Koizumi Daruma 小泉だるま





This doll is from Gifu.


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... Reference : 小泉だるま薬局
Yokohama

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Celluloid Dolls

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Celluloid Dolls


question from a friend

So my question is,
do you know anything about small celluloid figures that depict scenes from Japan?
I have collected 14 or so, the most common seems to be a geisha in a ricksha pulled by a man, other common themes are boats containing geisha or the immortals, and I have one wonderful one showing a man walking on a waterwheel to turn it and a woman carrying a yoke over one shoulder with buckets hanging from it.
Are these tourist items, I wonder,
or do they have some function in Japanese culture, on girl's day, perhaps?


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A small celluloid Daruma, about 3 cm high,
from my collection.
Not many of his brothers are well and alive these days, since they are easy to squeeze to death...


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CELLULOID KOBE CHARM...DARUMA
...RETRACTING EYES




The little stick-eyes that go in and out are what make Kobe charms Kobe charms. They are named after the old Japanese Kobe toys that had mechanical features.
source : www.worthpoint.com




Koobe ningyoo 神戸人形
Dolls from Kobe, Kobe Ningyo




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These automata were first made between 1870 - 1920 at the port city of Kobe and sold along the docks as a cheap sailor's souvenir. All Kobe have moveable parts - eyes, tongues, heads, etc. These toys were activated by a knob on the side of a box containing the mechanism (older dolls had hand-crafted mechanisms). They play musical instruments, do gymnastics, drink sake, and etc. These are all hand-crafted one-of-a-kinds.

These figures have moon shaped faces and are created from polished ebony or blackened wood with pieces of bone or ivory accents. They may represent or be inspired by the black sailors who first arrived at Kobe around 1868. Rarely you can see a "blonde" wood version of a Kobe doll.

These are tiny toys! The largest known Kobe toy is 6-1/2" long and has 12 animated functions.
The early, hand-crafted Kobe toys up to c 1920 are the rarest and most valuable. Kobe toys were copied during the 1920's and 1930's by manufacturers/ importers and these are still collectible but not as finely made so therefore they are less rare and less desirable. Less valuable are the more modern manufactured copies.

source : www.lotzdollpages.com


. Folk Toys from HYOGO - Kobe, Himeji .

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seruroido ningyoo セルロイド人形 celluloid dolls


from Saikodo, Sapporo 彩古堂
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seruroido gangu セルロイド玩具 celluloid toys
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celluloid masks セルロイドのお面
www.maboroshi-ch.com/cha/sae_18.htm


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maker of celluloid dolls in Tokyo, Adachi Ku
Hirai Gangu

東京足立区: 平井玩具製作所

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セルや （ 平井　英一 ） Hirai Shop


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Toy Museum

Wooden Toys ＆ Celluloid Toys
「木製玩具・セルロイド玩具」

Collection of wooden and celluloid dolls from after WW2.





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Celluloid Dolls
By Denise Van Patten, About.com Guide

When celluloid was invented and first came to prominence in the 1870s, dolls were nearly all breakable and fragile--bisque and china dolls were easily shattered and papier mache and wax easily ruined. So, it wasn't a surprise that doll companies started experimenting with celluloid to mold dolls rather early on. By the early 1900s, celluloid dolls were plentiful, since celluloid was easily molded and generally inexpensive.

Sizes and Characteristics of Celluloid Dolls :
Celluloid dolls can vary in size from only an inch or two tall to as large as 30" for large Japanese celluloid baby or toddler dolls. However, most celluloid dolls tend to be smaller dolls due to the lightweight nature of the plastic and also due to its fragility.

Companies That Produced Celluloid Dolls:
Companies in Germany, France, Italy, Japan and the United States are among the hundreds that have produced celluloid dolls.

Read it all here
http://collectdolls.about.com/od/dollprofiles/p/celluloiddolls.htm



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Most Japanese celluloid doll makers focused on mass producing small, inexpensive carnival- type dolls, so it isn‘t very often that collectors find good quality sturdy examples of babies or toddlers. There were a few firms, however, that made a limited quantity, and although these cannot compare with the high quality of French and German baby dolls from the same period, they do deserve to be recognized.

Sekiguchi was one of the largest and most prolific manufacturers of celluloid toys in Japan. The company was founded in 1918 by Moto and Tomokichi Sekiguchi for the sole purpose of manufacturing and exporting dolls to the United States. Their most recognized creation is a variation of the Kewpie, which they called Cupid. Later, during the 1920s, the naked carnival type Boopie doll became popular. Often these were decorated with brightly colored feathers or crepe paper costumes and exported in great number to the United States where they sold for mere pennies.

On occasion, sturdy Japanese toddler or baby dolls can be found with the trademarks of Sekiguchi (a three lobed flower) the Royal Company, Ltd. (a fleur-de-lis) and Sato Sankichi (SS inside rhombus). Often these are made in the likeness of Baby John, a doll which became so popular it was produced in a variety of sizes by a number of different manufacturers.

source
http://celluloidforever.com/CelluloidDolls.html


Sekiguchi Tomokichi 関口友吉
関口セルロイドﾞ加工所

Sato 佐藤セルロイド商店


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From the Daruma Museum


. Kewpie Daruma Dolls ... だるまキューピー Daruma Kyuupii


. Plastic Daruma Dolls 　
(Dreams Come True Object: My Project)
DCTO Jibun Project


. WASHOKU
Folk Toys (kyoodo gangu) and Food 　

. Regional Folk Toys from Japan .

celuloid
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Hanamaki clay doll

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Clay doll from Hanamaki

花巻人形 Hanamaki tsuchi ningyoo


Photos from my friend Ishino



Most of these dolls have beautiful flower designs.
These charming dolls are characterized by the bright colors and soft expression. The art of these clay dolls began in the 18th century after studying Kyoto's Fushimi Dolls and Sendai's Tsutsumi Dolls.
Each doll is adorned with a spring flower pattern of plum and peony blossoms.



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Hanamaki (花巻市, Hanamaki-shi)
is a city located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. As of 2005, the city has an estimated total population of 106,414. Hanamaki is most famous as the birthplace of Kenji Miyazawa and for its onsen.
Kenji Miyazawa was born in Hanamaki in 1896, where he spent most of his life. Miyazawa’s invented Esperanto word Ihatov refers to Iwate prefecture in general, and is agreed to refer more specifically to Hanamaki itself.

One of Hanamaki's most notable events is the Hanamaki Matsuri, an annual festival which takes place the second weekend of September and dates back to 1593.
The three-day festivities include a dance of over one thousand synchronized traditional dancers; the carrying of over one hundred small shrines; and the parading of a dozen or so large, hand-constructed floats depicting historical, fictional, or mythical scenes and accompanied by drummers, flautists, and lantern-carriers. Of these dances, the most famous is Shishi Odori (dance of the deer). This dance involves men dressing as deer and banging drums.
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　WASHOKU わんこそば
Wankosoba noodles from Hanamaki 　


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. Folk Toys from Iwate .


Alphabetical Index of the Daruma Museum

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