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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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Gabi Greve 　。。。ガビ　グレーベ
Director 　　　。。。達磨資料館館長

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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.

Who is Daruma ? What is Daruma?

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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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. Tenjin sama - INTRODUCTION .

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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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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.

http://tensyoudo.blog71.fc2.com/blog-entry-116.html

This book is no longer available.

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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 .

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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 .

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Jirochoo Ishimatsu

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Jirochoo and Ishimatsu

次郎長だるま . 石松だるま

. Shimizu Daruma 清水だるま .

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曹洞宗橘谷山大洞院
〒437-0227静岡県周智郡森町橘249
At the temple Daitooin (Daito-In 大洞院) in Shizuoka there is the grave of Ishimatsu.

Jirochoo was a yakuza, but later helped greatly to build the harbor of Shimizu.
One of his kobun was Mori no Ishimatsu, a straighforward guy, who lost one eye in a fight.

Jirochoo asked Ishimatsu to go to Kompira in Shikoku and repost a sword that he wanted to offer to the gods.
So off he went and his adventures are here

WASHOKU : Ishimatsu manjuu 石松まんじゅう
Manju in memory of Ishimatsu 　　
at the shrine Kompirasan, Kotohira shrine, Konpira 金毘羅, Kagawa, Shikoku

Konpira san, Kompira san ... 金毘羅大権現 ...
Kotohira Shrine 琴平宮
and more DARUMA DOLLS !

Photos of Jirocho and Mori no Ishimatsu
They are the heroes of many stories, theater plays and movies.

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Shimizu no Jirocho 清水次郎長

(1820-1893)

Japanese-style gangster (Yakuza). Born in Shizuoka, the adopted son of his uncle Jirohachi Yamamoto, who was a komedonya (middleman-merchant dealing in rice). Although his real name was Chogoro Yamamoto, he was called "Jirocho," which was short for "Jirohachi's Chogoro". He took over the komedonya after his uncle's death but soon turned into a gambler.

He built up his following and extended his influence, fighting over territories relating to the Fuji River and maritime transport. In the first year of the Meiji Era (1868), he was appointed Dochu　tansakugata by the Government-General of the Eastern Expedition. In the same year, the warship Kanrin-maru of the old Edo Shogunate was attacked by new government troops while lying at anchor in the Shimizu harbor. Jirocho treated and buried the dead with sincere condolence and became acquainted with Tetsutaro Yamaoka, Takeaki Enomoto, and others.

After the Meiji Restoration, he engaged in development around the foot of Mt. Fuji and marine transportation business.
source :　Copyright 2004 National Diet Library, Japan

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The storytelling of "Mori no Ishimatsu"
Enmado no damashi-uchi, the surprize attack at Enma Temple Hall

Kodan is also known as Koshaku こうしゃく(講釈), which means the reading and explanation of religious texts. It began with readings and lectures of a teacher, reading from a text on a stand. These texts would include Buddhist, Confucian and Shinto classics, or edifying stories from Japanese or Chinese history. By the 18th and 19th centuries, Kodan became a type of entertainment performed in Yose variety theaters.

A storyteller sat at a desk (a reminder of the days when Kodan performers were supposed to be reading from precious texts) and would alternate between explaining the story as an omniscient narrator and taking different roles as a dramatic play. The climax of a story would often be a fight scene in a shotgun style punctuated by beats of a fan or wooden blocks. This speaking technique is the most distinctive feature of Kodan. An adaptation of this speaking technique in Kabuki can be heard in the spoken sections of Kanjincho.
source : jtrad.columbia.jp

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WAGASHI ... Sweets SAIJIKI

. Folk Toys from Shizuoka .

. Ichimatsu Ningyoo 市松人形　Ichimatsu dolls .

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Designers Dolls

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Designer Dolls from Imai Store
デザイナーズだるま

Source : www.imai-daruma.com

デザイナーズねこ Designer Neko
source : Designer Cats by Imai

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デザイナーズだるま Designers Daruma Shop

100名を超す若手アーティストがダルマのデザインに挑んだ作品を販売しています。

http://designers-daruma.com/

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From the Daruma Museum

. Buy a Daruma ! Shopping for Daruma
<>「だるま」はどこで買えるの？　

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Plastic Dolls

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Plastic Daruma Dolls

DCTO Jibun Project

(Dreams Come True Object: My Project)
is a modern interpretation of an ancient Japanese Zen doll known as a Daruma doll. This curiously limbless, traditionally red-cloaked figure with unpainted eyes is used for personal dedication to a new venture such as starting a business, beginning a new path in life, or given as a gift for celebrations like New Years, weddings and birthdays. Painting in DCTO’s left eye shows commitment to a goal; once the goal is achieved, you then paint in DCTO’s right eye.

DCTO (‘dik-toe’) is designed to right itself when it is knocked over, reflecting the Japanese saying, ‘Nanakorobi yaoki’, ""Fall 7 times, rise 8 times”. This reminds us that no matter the number of times we may stumble, those with a persistent heart will rise again to achieve their goals, symbolizing relentless dedication and an undaunted spirit.

© PHOTO : www.myplasticheart.com

Dacosta Bayley: The Art of the Daruma
“People tell me that the eyes of my characters seem to draw them in,” artist Dacosta Bayley says. “The expressions on their faces communicate an honest and welcoming soul.”
“Ancient wisdom is finding relevance in contemporary times, and people are becoming more aware of themselves and of new possibilities for improving themselves,” Dacosta says. “It’s exciting for me to be a part of that as the DCTO: Jibun Project brings Zen to new eyes.”
May 2008

source : 　DCTO Jibun Project

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Dreams to Dreams
Custom Vinyl Toy Show
December 2, 2008 – to January 25, 2009

The Japanese American National Museum in association with Dacosta of Chocolate Soop bring you the first custom vinyl toy show in a museum. Just in time for the holidays, 40-50 artists will customize Chocolate Soop DCTO (Dream Come True Object), a futuristic vinyl version of a traditional Japanese New Years folk toy.

View all the Daruma Dolls HERE !
source : janmstore.com

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Shingen Koshu

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Shingen Daruma, 信玄だるま
Koshu Daruma (Kooshuu) 甲州　武田信玄　＜＞　
信玄起上がり

Kooshuu is the old name of Yamanashi Province. Takeda Shingen was a warlord there during turbulent times before the Edo Bakufu government was formed. Up to our times he is honored with this Daruma Doll.

He has the eyes painted in a special way below the eyebrows so when you put him high up on the Gods Shelf in the home (kamidana) he will look down on you and grant your wishes (shitami Daruma).

The dolls are also called “Shitami Daruma” or “Yokozawa Daruma” corresponding to the villages where they are made.

CLICK for more Shingen Dolls.

Takeda Shingen was the eldest son of the aggressive warlord Takeda Nobutora (1493-1573).
He was Lord of Shinano and Kai Provinces. He was a preeminent daimyo or feudal lord with military prestige who sought for the control of Japan in the late stage of Sengoku or "warring states" period.
He was born Takeda Tarō (Katsuchiyo), but was later given the formal name of Takeda Harunobu.
Shingen is sometimes referred to as "The Tiger of Kai" for his martial prowess on the battlefield. His primary rival, Uesugi Kenshin, was often called "The Dragon of Echigo" or also "The Tiger of Echigo Province". In Chinese mythology, the dragon and the tiger have always been bitter rivals who try to defeat one another, but they always fight to a draw.
Read : Samurai Archives

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Clay Doll of Takeda Shingen Daruma
Click on the doll to read more.

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Daruma from the Koshu Province
Kooshuu Daruma 甲州だるま

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Daruma from Yamanashi ... 親子だるま　山梨県甲府

Yamanashi Prefecture, Yamanashi Daruma 山梨だるま
and Yamanashi Food

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Piggy Bank with Shingen Daruma

A few more of my LINKS are here:
Koshu Daruma

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External Japanese LINK

Making a Yamanashi Daruma 斉藤岳南

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. Folk Toys from Yamanashi .

Alphabetical Index of the Daruma Museum

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Sunglasses

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Sunglasses Daruma

Happy Birthday, Xiao Hai Laoshi!
小海老師生日快樂！

and one more from this page

Yi Lai Daruma

© PHOTOs : www.wakin-web.com

Daruma in Taiwan !

台湾とだるま

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Sooshuu Daruma Sagami

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相州だるま　Sooshuu Daruma, Soshu Daruma
相模だるま　 Sagami Daruma

Daruma dolls of the old Soshu Province, now made in Hiratsuka, Odawara, Atsugi and Kamimizo since the Showa period.

The origin is in Hiratsuka, with the
Family Nagashima 長嶋家.
Satchitaro 幸太郎 was the first to make them. Now the family is in the fourth generation.
Since every family had their own wooden forms, all Daruma looked a little different.
厚木、小田原、上溝、平塚

Nagashima and his Daruma

©　www.daruma1.com

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TAKUMI, skilled workers from Sagami

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Kamimizo Daruma 上溝だるま

Sold at the annual Daruma Market in Kamimizo
上溝だるま市

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Poster from Kamimizo

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相州だるま Daruma from Sagami
Exhibition Hiratsuka December 2010
浜松市博物館

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Stuffed dolls (nuigurumi)

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Stuffed dolls (nuigurumi 縫いぐるみだるま)
だるま祈願ビッグぬいぐるみ

My friend Ishino send me some great photos of a stuffed Daruma, who should sit in your car to protect you whilst driving.

They are about 35 cm high and weigh 760 g.

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Checking a bit more, they are online here, in three colors.
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Here is another stuffed Daruma

ケロロ軍曹に登場する戦闘のプロであり、別名 「赤だるま」のぬいぐるみ。
サイズは小さい方だがよくできている。

© mimiomimio.blog4

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縫いぐるみだるま nuigurumi Daruma

だるま縫いぐるみ Daruma nuigurumi

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kigurumi きぐるみ【着包み】 doll costumes to wear

Here is one for a baby.

. . . Yamadaruma san wearing a Daruma Costume

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Usagi Rabbit

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Rabbit, Usagi だるま抱き卯

from Kawagoe

© PHOTOS : だるまさん色々

the rabbit and his friend Daruma san

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Daruma Usagi - Rabbit Daruma だるまうさぎ

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Photo from Ishino san.

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For the year of the rabbit / hare, 2011

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. Happy New 兎年　!
2011 - year of the rabbit / hare 　　

Hiratsuka 平塚　達磨ウサギ

Nakayugawa 中湯川土人形

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. Usagi Daikoku 兎大黒 Daikoku and the rabbit

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A rabbit pounding rice in the moon

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Ainu Daruma

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Ainu Daruma ... アイヌだるま

This is a present from my friend Ishino.

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Ainu (アイヌ) (also called Ezo in historical texts) are an ethnic group indigenous to Hokkaidō, the Kuril Islands, and much of Sakhalin. There are most likely over 150,000 Ainu today; however the exact figure is not known as many Ainu hide their origin due to racial issues in Japan. In many cases, surviving Ainu may not be even aware of their ancestry, as their parents and grandparents kept their descent private in order to protect their children from social problems.

Their most widely known ethnonym is derived from the word aynu, which means "human" (particularly as opposed to kamuy, divine beings) in the Hokkaidō dialects of the Ainu language; Emishi, Ezo or Yezo (蝦夷) are Japanese terms, which are believed to derive from the ancestral form of the modern Sakhalin Ainu word enciw or enju, also meaning "human". The term Utari (ウタリ) (meaning "comrade" in Ainu) is now preferred by some members of this minority.
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Japan to formally recognize Ainu as indigenous people

Both houses of the Diet unanimously approved a resolution on Friday urging the government to officially recognize Ainu as indigenous people.

The House of Councillors and the House of Representatives voted in favor of the resolution at their respective plenary sessions on Friday.

On behalf of the executive branch of the government, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura declared that Japan will formally recognize Ainu as indigenous people.
The government is set to establish a panel on Ainu to consider their indigenous rights after it officially recognizes them as indigenous people.

The move will likely represent a drastic change in Japan's policy of not recognizing Ainu's indigenous rights and putting top priority to the development of Hokkaido where a large population of Ainu has been concentrated since the Meiji Era.
source : Mainichi Shinbun, June 6, 2008

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Ainu Food アイヌ料理　

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source :　Asahi Gangu Toys

wooden boat with fishermen

The human figures were carved in Sapporo, by Itazu Kunio 板津邦夫, a famous woodcarver, born 1931.

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doll made of woodcarving and cloth

source :　Asahi Narumi
from Abashiri 網走 and Asahikawa 旭川

Apart from bears, there are also various types of human beings.
The two bears are made from a special pine, todomatsu トド松 with beautiful wood patterns.

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Daruma from Enju Wood エンジュ達磨

enju えんじゅ【槐】 is the Japanese pagoda tree, or
Chinese scholar tree.
Styphnolobium japonicum, Sophora japonica

It is a play on words with

long life, enju えんじゅ【延寿】.

This tree grows widely in Hokkaido.

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Kawagoe Dolls

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Kawagoe Daruma

Let us take a break from the subject !
Kanwa Kyuudai 閑話休題

Doing Zazen

A Thumb !

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A head full of money !

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from Yama-Chan

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Reference : Daruma market in Kawagoe

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Kawagoe Daruma Mikoshi 川越だるま神輿

Made by Sato San 佐藤光興
For the exhibition at Kawagoe in the Museum

川越市立博物館企画展｢だるまさん大集合｣
Reference

　Daruma Exhibition at Kawagoe Museum
川越市立博物館へだるま展　　
March 2009

. Daruma Festival Floats (mikoshi, danjiri)

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Kita-In Daruma Market in Kawagoe,
Saitama, on January 3rd. 喜多院、川越
Daruma Markets

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Kitsune, Fox Daruma

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Fox Daruma, Kitsune Daruma　狐だるま　狐達磨
きつねだるま
A special Doll from Shibata in Niigata Pref.
新発田狐だるま

There is a bigger version of this fox, with a wishfulfilling jewel on the belly.

Other Daruma from this Company

まゆだるま mayu Daruma, silk cocoon
雪ん子だるま Snow Lady Daruma
球だるま All round Daruma
紙だるま kami Daruma, Paper Daruma
気比桃太郎 Keihi Momotaroo Doll

Copyright(c) 2000 工房夢舞　
mumu.ocnk.net (not active any more)

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Sunahara Kitsune Hariko　砂原狐張子
Sunahara Papermachee Doll

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狐　こんこん
Nozawa papermachee doll
Aizu, Nozawa 会津だるま

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Inari, the Fox God Cult

. Inari 稲荷 the Fox Deity Amulets .

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Kabocha Daruma Pumpkin

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Pumpkin Daruma from Koriyama
Kooriyama no Kabocha Daruma かぼちゃ達磨

© http://www.naf.co.jp/mingei/folk.stm

Another LINK with this Daruma and many other Daruma Dolls:
http://www.darumanetjapan.com/da_text/d-touho-new.html

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Fujieda Papermachee Daruma

藤枝市で作られるだるまは、小泉八雲の「乙吉の達磨」で、藤枝だるまとして国際的にも知られるようになりました。「八雲だるま」は小泉八雲にちなんだ名称です。

Daruma with ears (mimitsuki Daruma)
Daruma like a pumpkin (kabocha Daruma) and our
Yakumo Daruma

Daruma Museum:
Fujieda Daruma Dolls

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Clay Doll like Daruma
かぼちゃだるま
幅9*奥行き7.5*高さ7
素材/素焼陶製

© http://s-kyobai.hp.infoseek.co.jp/0020-tutisuzu.htm
Click on this LINK for a great collection of clay dolls.

Daruma Museum
More about Clay Dolls

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Daruma Museum:
Gourds and Daruma Dolls

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Expo Osaka 1970

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Expo Osaka 1970

Silver and Gold Daruma Memorial Dolls

Box and Bottom

Expo '70 (日本万国博覧会, Nihon bankoku hakuran-kai) was a World's Fair held in Suita, Osaka, Japan between March 15 and September 13, 1970. The theme of the Expo was "Progress and Harmony for Mankind." This was the first World's Fair held in Japan. Seventy seven countries attended the event, and within six months, the number of visitors reached 64,210,000 people. In Japanese Expo '70 is often referred to as Ōsaka Banpaku (大阪万博). This fair was one of the largest and best attended expositions in history.

Like the 1964 Summer Olympics, Expo '70 was a success and served as a symbol of the extremely rapid development of Japan in the 1960s. It was held in Suita, a suburb of Osaka. When it was chosen as the site for the event, it was a rural district covered with bamboo forest. For Expo '70 infrastructure was created and the surrounding area was developed. The site for the world fair was planned by the Japanese architect Kenzo Tange.

© More in the WIKIPEDIA !

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Kyoto Clay Dolls

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Kyoto Clay Dolls

Photo from my friend Ishino

One plays the shamisen, look on the left.
One in the back sits in zazen with folded hands.

There are eight little dolls.
Usually you find one or two at an antiques fair, here they are all together.

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Small Clay Dolls from Kiyomizu
Kiyomizu mame ningyoo 清水豆人形

CLICK for more dolls !

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Kiyomizuyaki 清水焼 pottery from Kiyomizu

Kiyomizu-ware from Kyoto

One of the terms commonly given to similar wares produced by several local kilns and associated with the old pottery market which still exists on the hill leading to Kyoto's Kiyomizudera 清水寺.

What is now called Old Kiyomizu ko-kiyomizu 古清水 is actually the pottery that emerged during the Kan'ei 寛永 era (1624-44) from kilns in Yasaka 八坂, Otowa 音羽, Kiyomizu, and Mizorogaike 御菩薩池, all in Kyoto.
It was not until the potter Nonomura Ninsei 野々村仁清 became active after 1647 that the overglaze enamel techniques and decoration associated with Kiyomizu ware were clearly established.
source : Jaanus

MORE : Robert Yellin - e-yakimono

.Tea cup with Daruma Hina Dolls .
by the famous Kyoto potter Nonomura Ninsei

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. Kyoto Folk Art .

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Nakano Clay Dolls

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Nakano Clay Dolls 中野土人形
Some are really small.

Photos from my friend Ishino san.

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Kobayashi Issa

WDK : Kobayashi Issa, Haiku Poet from Nagano

rainy winter day
clay dolls from Nakano
Daruma and Issa

Gabi, December 2007

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Nakano City, famous as the "country of clay dolls".
In the museum, standing on the hill with a picturesque view, clay dolls made in Nakano and 1500 other dolls made all over Japan, are displayed.
Nakano Clay Doll Museum
Shinano
中野市日本土人形資料館

Click for more photos.

The two families, Nara (from Kyoto, Fushimi) and Nishihara (from Aichi, Tachibana), make these dolls in Nakano.

北信州に伝わる中野の土人形には、奈良家が制作する「中野人形」と、西原家が制作する「立ヶ花人形」があり、この両者を合わせて、「郷土玩具中野土人形」と呼んでいます。
　奈良家「中野人形」の主なものは京都伏見系、西原家「立ヶ花人形」は愛知三河系の流れを汲んでいます。
　この愛らしい中野土人形は、生活や風習に深く結びつき、古くから俗に「土びな」と呼び親しまれ、庶民に大切にされてきました。
中野の土人形

Their repertoir comprizes an Ebisu carrying Daruma doll.
だるま恵比寿

... Daruma doll museum : Ebisu Doll

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立ヶ花人形 Tachibana Ningyo

These dolls are now revived, even with a new Daruma in the collection, by
Nishihara san.

The dolls have been made since about 100 years ago.

西原邦男 Nishihara Kunio was a tile maker and used the clay to make some dolls.

source
http://www.shinshu.co.jp/local/2005/050218/n03.html

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Yamanashi

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Parent and Child Daruma from Yamanashi

親だるまがお腹に可愛い子だるまを抱いています。よく見ると、子だるまにも立派なヒゲが生えていますよ～（笑）。
梨県で立派なヒゲの親子といいますと…やはり戦国武将の武田信玄・勝頼親子がモデルになっているのでしょうか？白いだるまも珍しいですよね。

《甲州は農業や養蚕業が盛んだったため、その豊作を願って繭の形をした白だるまを奉る風習が江戸時代末期に生まれました。子孫繁栄を願って、腹にその子だるまに描かれたには立身出世の願いが込められています。》との事。

横側が松竹梅で綺麗です
http://www11.ocn.ne.jp/~popyah/yamanashi/oyakodaruma.htm

This Daruma is all white. If you look closely, the child Daruma already has a large beard! Maybe because they are made in memory of Takeda Shingen, the great warlord of the area during the Edo period. And the side is decorated with the auspicious pattern of "Pine, Bamboo and Plum" (shoo chiku bai).

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親子だるま　山梨県甲府 From Kofu in Yamanashi

© Mingei 2

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Parent and Child Daruma, oyako Daruma

GOOGLE for more parent and child Daruma dolls !

出口すみこさん　「親子だるま」

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Black Daruma Oyako　親子

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

. Folk Toys from Yamanashi .

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Shirakawa Daruma

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Shirakawa Daruma 白川だるま
Iwaki Daruma 岩木、いわきだるま

These dolls have a history of more than 160 years. They are sold at the annual Daruma Market on February 11. Daruma made north of Shirakawa all have the black eyes painted. White ones are for bringing good luck, red oned are for avoiding evil influences.

They have a tradition of more than 160 years. You can paint the eyes for good luck. They come in different sizes and red or white. The Daruma in the picture next to it is from Iwaki.

Look at some nice pictures here:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/%7ESA9S-HND/agal16_5.html

いわき市は大平洋に面した広域都市です。その中心となるのが城下町から発展した「平」の町で、いわき張り子はこの町で作られています。　張り子の製作には多量の和紙が必要となるため、江戸時代に反古紙が多く出る城下町で始められたといわれています。張子人形師が六と記された江戸中期の記録が残っています。　その主なものは「だるま」と「天狗面」ですが、虎、おかめの面なども作られてきたようです。
---制作者記録---村山しずえ：いわき市平作町（たいらさくまち）高橋晃平：いわき市平正月町　TEL: 0246-23-4077

. Tsurukame ― Crane, Tortoise 鶴亀 and Shirakawa Daruma 　

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左から福島市、白河市、会津若松市のだるま。面積の広い福島県は浜通り（太平洋岸）、中通り（奥州街道沿い）、会津の三地域に分けられる。中通りの福島だるまは、同じく中通りの三春だるま（郡山市）の影響を色濃く受けており、頭が平らで彫りの深い睨み顔をしている。やはり郡山との往来が盛んな会津若松のだるまにも、形や彩色に三春の影響を認める。一方、中通りでも県最南端の白河だるまは、頭が丸く顔は平板で目が無く、眉や髯が装飾的に描かれるなど、むしろ関東だるま圏（豊岡系＝群馬県高崎市）に属する（１）。なお、白河だるまの眉は鶴を、髯は亀を表わしているという。
会津だるまの高さ20cm。(H16. 11.26)

The brow is in the form of the crane,
the beard in the form of the turtoise.

From Ku no Hama

久之浜 Ku no Hama など浜通りのだるまでは三春の影響は限られたものとなる。顔は青く縁取られているが彫りは浅く、目は開いているが睨み顔ではない。鼻つきなどは隣の茨城県産だるま（那珂湊、大洗）に、眉や髯の描き方などは関東だるまに類似している。
高さ33cm。(H16. 11.26)

© 佐藤　研　（仙台市）
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/narumi/clinic/gang/gang/gang_fukushima.html

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. Shirakawa Genki Daruma 白川元気だるま
For your Wellbeing 　　

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Shirakawa Daruma Natto
白河のだるま納豆
Fermented beans from Shirakawa, Daruma brand

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Shirakawa Daruma Market 白川だるま市

Shirakawa town has been a market place since the Kamakura period and the present-day Daruma market developed from an old "Flower Market" in January; it is now held on February 11th, on the National Holiday for the Founding of the Constitution. There are more than 800 stalls, about 150.000 Daruma dolls are produced locally and about 150.000 people visit the market. Daruma dolls come in 18 different sizes, mostly with all the auspicious symbols we have just seen above at Jindai-ji. The biggest is 75 cm and the smallest 8 cm.

Daruma Ichi 達磨市 Markets to Sell Daruma

Tickets for the train to the Daruma Market
with a red and white Daruma doll
白河だるま市 / 国鉄バス

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Children making their own Shirakawa Daruma

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Watanabe Daruma Store　渡辺だるま店
Shirakawa Town

You can also make your own Daruma ther, Mr. Watanabe will help!
The tradition goes back to Lord Matsudaira Sadanobu 松平定信 and the first doll maker, Watanabe Hanjiro 渡辺半次郎.

source :　渡辺だるま店

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The village of Shirakawa 白河郷
is famous for the roofs of the old farmhouses, strong to bear a lot of snow. This sight is a World Heritage.

http://www.shirakawa-go.org/english/e_world.html

The houses in the villages in the valley are unique to Japan. They are very big, and have thick thatched roofs that come down steeply. This way the snow can slide off the roofs. There is also enough space under the roofs to store supplies for long winters. The inhabitants of these villages used to earn their money in the silk-industry. They lived a very secluded life. In Japanese, the houses are called Gassho-zukuri. Gassho means praying hands, suggesting the form of hands raised in prayer to the buddha. Here it refers to the triangular shape of the roof.
http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/shokawavalley.html

The Old Farmhouses
Once the center of the silk trade in Japan, these houses are now kept as examples of the gassho-zukuri (prayer-shape) style of architecture used in some mountainous parts of rural Japan. Extended families lived on the first two floors, while the upper story sheltered the silkworms brought over from China. (Silk traveled east from China, too, along the Silk Road.) Cooking and heating fires permeating the upper story kept it at an ideal temperature for sericulture even in the coldest winters. The smoke protected the cocoons while discouraging wood-boring insects. The silk was sold to expert kimono-weavers in Kyoto and Edo (the old name for Tokyo), and became a key item of Japan's exports. So important was the silk trade to Japan that Dupont's invention of Nylon in the 1940s was deemed to have strategic value by the US Government. Nylon stockings foreshadowed the end of the silk trade as an international business.

Every ten years or so, the thatch roof of a gassho-zukuri house must be replaced, and this work requires the help of neighbors. Even as the economic mainstay of Shirakawa has shifted from silk to tourism, the community work system remains intact today. Shirakawa is actually only one of several villages, and others such as Gokayama and Ainokura have their own uniquely recognizeable styles of construction. Located in valleys where the wind direction is predictible, the houses are generally oriented with their narrow sides facing the wind, giving the villages the look of a schoolroom of alert students when viewed from above. Summer brings a plague of bus tours; winter is much less crowded and is the best time to wander around freely. Several of the gassho-zukuri houses serve as country inns, minshuku where one can stay overnight at reasonable cost. These offer a great chance to experience both the cold of winter and the warmth of an old country inn.
http://www.kamprint.com/shirakaw.htm

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. 「きらり！えん旅」 NHK Kirari Entabi .

Support for Shirakawa after the great earthquake.

Part of the castle walls were destroyed and many people from Fukushima radiation evacuees now live in temporary housings in the town.

. Japan after the BIG earthquake March 11, 2011　.

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Gokayama 五箇山
is also a world heritage site close to Shirakawa. In winter folks had no way of getting over the steep snowed passes and could not do much.

Gokayama Daruma 五箇山の達磨

He is almost square and has a rather unhappy expression !

source : kyoudogangu.xii.jp/daruma.html

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. Daruma Dolls from Fukushima 福島だるま . 　

. Folk Toys from Gifu .

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Mizuho Daruma Store

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Mizuho Daruma Store

Here you find a lot more Daruma for special events on sale at the Mizuho store:

http://www.mizuho-g.com/syohin/index.html

Mizuho Inari Daruma

http://www.mizuho-g.com/syohin/sd25.html

The picture on the belly of this Daruma is the deity Inari Daimyoojin.

He is evoked for a good harvest, for good business, to prevent any kind of disaster and call in good luck. There are more than 35000 shrines in his honour all over Japan!

There is a famous proverb about old EDO:

There is dog shit and an Inari shrine at every corner of the city.

I will take up the Inari connection in another article
Fox Shrine Festival (Inari Matsuri)

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There is another Daruma for a Shrine festival in prayer for a good fishing season on the fourth of Feburary in the Southern Akia Province. As you can see on the belly of Daruma, a huge codfish of more than 30 kg is honoured and then changes his form to a good hot codfish soup for all to eat.

http://www.mizuho-g.com/syohin/sd22.html

鱈 this Chinese character contains a FISH and SNOW.

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Oomi Daruma

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Oomi Daruma (Omi Daruma 近江だるま)
近江張子 Ohmi Papermachee Dolls

かつて　近江八幡の勧修寺ＹＨにお世話になっていた頃に能登川の駅の近くで張子の達磨を作っている人がいるよと聞いて伺ったことがありました寺井さんといわれる方で　伺った時には　体調が悪いという事で奥様が対応してくださいました素朴な味わいのある可愛い起き上がりと言う感じの達磨さんでしたそのとき頂いたのは全て女だるまばかりで男だるまは在庫が無いという事で手に入れることが出来ませんでした長い間　ユースホステルに置いたままになっていたこの達磨たちも最近　やっと整理しなおし　名前も近江八幡ＹＨとなったユースに滋賀県代表で小幡人形と共に鎮座しています

寺井清二さんの女だるま
Female Ohmi daruma dolls by Terai San

寺井さんは毎年　新しい年を迎える度に国鉄（ＪＲ）能登川駅にこの近江達磨を飾られ続けたそうです毎年毎年　行きかう人々を達磨は見守り続けたのでしょう通勤　通学　雨の日も　晴れの日も　春夏秋冬近江の人たちの生活を見守り続けた近江達磨が寺井さんの亡くなられた事により廃絶してしまったのです。

One more Doll

source : kyoudogangu.xii.jp

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The history of Oomi Daruma
Ohmi Daruma have been made since the Taisho period by Mr. Terai of Notogawa.

「近江だるま」は大正時代末に能登川町佐野出身の寺井大門氏が製作を始めたとされています。
「近江だるま」には漫画的な表情を持つ「男だるま」と上品に微笑む「女だるま」、そしてかわいらしい表情の「姫だるま」の三種類があります。「近江だるま」の表情は京都の伏見人形の影響を受けているとも考えられています。大津絵についても中仙道を通じて伏見人形の影響を受けていると考えられており、「近江だるま」と大津絵には共通した表情の面白さを感じ取ることができます。

「近江だるま」は二度の世界大戦中には縁起物（転んでも起き上がるだるまなので）として戦地に送られることが多かったようです。しかし、大門氏が亡くなると同時に「近江だるま」の伝承は一時期断絶してしまいました。その後、大門氏の作成しただるまの魅力に惹かれ、全国各地の郷土玩具の収集家が「近江だるま」の復活を強く望むようになりました。大門氏の作成しただるまの一番の魅力は、その表情にありました。きりっとした表情の裏に、どこか「困ったなぁ」とでも言いそうな、なんとも表現し難い表情を持っていたのです。そのような魅力をもっただるまを復活させたのが大門氏の子息の清二氏になります。多くの収集家が待ち望んだ「近江だるま」の復活だったのですが、清二氏は不慮の事故により他界されてしまい、残念ながら「近江だるま」の伝承もそこで途絶えてしまうことになったのです。そのため、現在では幻の郷土玩具となり大門氏の作品は能登川町立博物館で大切に保管されています。
http://www.ayaha.co.jp/spe-b09.htm

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Oomi Daruma Clay Bell
from Nakamura Kazuhiko
中野和彦作近江だるま土鈴

I have written about this Clay Doll before:
Daruma Clay Bells 【土鈴】 dorei

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Doll Museum of Omi Hachiman
The Temple Kajuu-Ji 勧修寺（かじゅうじ） functions as Youth Hostel and Local Museum.

昔々お世話になった　勧修寺（かじゅうじ）ユースホステル今では　名前も変わって近江八幡ユースホステル』登録有形文化財『明治の館』として活用されながら保存されています.
http://kyoudogangu.xii.jp/oumihachiman.htm

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. Regional Folk Toys from Japan .
Shiga prefecture

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Papercraft

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Papercraft Daruma Dolls to make Yourself !

Lucky items are easy to make with Papercraft.
They make great decorations and may even bring you good luck!

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The first Dharma dolls are said to have been made some 300 years ago at the Sorensen Dharma Temple in Takasaki City in Gunma Prefecture, modeled after the Zen monk, Bodhidharma. The eyebrows and beard represent the crane and the turtle, long considered symbols of longevity in Japan, and the dolls are popular as good luck charms.

It is traditional to paint in the left pupil (the right one facing you) when you make a wish, and then paint in the right pupil when the wish comes true. Also, it is said to be most lucky to place the doll so that it faces south.

In Japan, red and white are considered lucky and these are the usual colors for a Dharma doll. There are other dolls with different colors, based on oriental astrology, so you can select the color of the doll based on the nature of your wish and your lucky color, increasing the fun and perhaps the efficacy of the charm.

The color red is said to have the power to promote vitality and bring good luck. It should be used to bring victory in work, study or love, etc.

Recommended interchangeable parts:
Body characters: Victory
Side characters: May your greatest desire come true, Achievement of one's goals

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This Daruma comes in various colors or you can paint the white pattern yourself.
It is very detailed, yet easy to follow the instructions.
It will keep the kids busy for hours!

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Relax Bear - Darum Doll Papercraft

Relax Bear's latest theme features the Daruma doll. Only Relax Bear (Rilakkuma リラックマ) and his friend Korilakkuma are on this one, no Kiiroitori.

source : paperkraft.blogspot.com

Papercraft: Rilakkuma

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Tsugaru Glas Daruma

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Tsugaru Glas Daruma　津軽のガラス工芸だるま

Two red ones with rather sharp noses

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Tsugaru Glass Artist Yamano
山野史郎

Look at more of his work here
http://www.lampwork.org/work/yamano.html

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Ruri Glass Daruma
津軽びいどろ瑠璃だるま

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Keyholder from Kuroishi, Tsugaru
Blue Daruma

source : furusatobin blog

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Tsugaru Glass Ware, Tsugaru Bidoro

This glassware, referred to as "vidro (biidoro)," meaning glass in Portuguese, was originally created from the glass buoys used for fishing in the vicinity of Mutsu Bay. Sand from the Shichiri Shore, found on the west coast of the Tsugaru Peninsula, is used to create this glassware, which is hand-blown in the style that originated over 2100 years ago.

The glass is first fired at 1500 degrees, and then again at 1200 degrees, when it begins to take shape. After the second firing, the red-hot glass is taken out of the oven and blown again by filling the rod, to which the glass is attached, with air to force the glass to expand. At that stage, the glassware takes on its final form. This glassware, with both its colourful transparent qualities, is not only beautiful, but practical as well.
北洋硝子（株）
http://www.pref.aomori.jp/dentokougei/bidoro.htm

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Tsugaru Utou-bori Daruma
善知鳥彫だるま
津軽青森伝統工芸

from Aomori Town
made from popular wood, cut with one knife. UTOU is the old name of Aomori.

. . . CLICK here for Photos 善知鳥彫りだるま!

A famous shrine is Utou Jinja 善知鳥神社.
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MORE
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Yonago Hariko

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Yonago Daruma　米子だるま

　お年寄の生きがい事業として始めらたのですが、それが１０年以上も続き、今では「手作りだるま」として立派な郷土玩具になりました。
　制作は皆生（かいけ）温泉の「老人憩の家」の作業場で、老人の皆さんの手で作られています。

発売元：米子だるま振興会：
米子市中町２０・市役所内..TEL:0859-35-0194

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~SA9S-HND/agal-963-2.html

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The Papermachee dolls of Daruma from Yonago are made by the members of the Old People's Club in Kaike Hot Spring Village. They started around 1980 and this has become quite a happy hobby for the elders.

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Kaike Hot Spring at the Ocean Front

Yonago has two prominent onsens—at both ends of the price spectrum. The first is the Kaike Ocean Onsen. This one’s located in the heart of Kaike. It’s 1,100 yen, but that includes a large and small towel and a yukata (upon request). There are a couple indoor pools (hot and cold) and a large rocky rotemburo.
This one’s nice when it’s snowing—you’re in a hot pool though the air and precipitation are cold! There is a large relaxation area with recliners. Upstairs is a snack bar and entertainment area. This is somewhere you could bring a book and stay all afternoon!

More about Hot Springs in Tottori prefecture
http://freewebhosting.hostdepartment.com/t/tottori/info/onsen.htm

Official Japanese Page of Kaike Onsen
http://www.kaike-onsen.com/

Kaike Hot Spring is one of the top 100 places for viewing the Morning Sun !

日本の朝日１００選選考委員会、日本列島朝日の旅地域推進協議会の第１次選定地域７カ所（平成１２年）の一つに皆生温泉が選ばれました。

　皆生温泉から見る朝日は、国立公園・大山の方向から昇るため、雄大な山容がシルエットとなり、幻想的な風情を醸し出します。少し早起きして海岸線を散策すると、潮騒の奏でるメロディーも心地よく、一層ロマンチックな気分に浸れることでしょう。　なお、皆生温泉は夕陽の情景も一見の価値があります。皆生温泉にお越しの際は、日の入り前にチェックインされることをお勧めします。
http://www.kaike-onsen.com/keikan/keikan.htm

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Here is a link to my own trip in the area in Spring 2005.
Click on the Haiku to get there.

spring wind -
the mind just soars and soars
and soars

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Izumo Kaido ... Yonago

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Otafuku Okame Daruma

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Otafuku, O-Fuku Daruma
お多福だるま、お福達磨, お福だるま

There are many examples at Kodomobeya.

Great Link for many Papermachee Dolls.
http://www.brico-art.com/date/kodomobeya.html

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お福だるま

This O-Fuku Daruma comes in various shapes.

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柏お福だるま Kashiwa O-Fuku Daruma

©　工房夢舞　Kobo MuMu

More Daruma from this company
百達磨
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Onna Daruma

Oiran to Daruma 花魁と達磨　＜＞　Daruma and the Courtesans (geisha)

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Fukusuke 福助だるま
Husband of O-Fuku

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Okame おかめ【お亀／阿亀】
is another name for O-Tafuku.
O-Kame san

She derived from Ame no Uzume アメノウズメ
天宇受賣命, 天鈿女命, 天宇受売神

A goddess of mirth, mentioned already in the Kojiki. The first masks of O-Kame where used for Kyogen performances and have maybe shown the ultimate of female beauty.
She danced in front of the stone cave where the sun goddess had hidden. Her lascivious dance made the goddess laugh and come out to this world again.
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Later she changed into a funny round face, sometimes identified with the cheap courtesans of the Edo period.

Ame-no-Uzume-no-mikoto (天宇受売命, 天鈿女命) is the goddess of dawn and revelry in the Shinto religion of Japan. Her name can also be pronounced as Ama-no-Uzume.
The Great Persuader, The Heavenly Alarming Female.
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !

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Mask of O-Kame, click for more photos !

. tori no ichi 酉の市 (とりのいち)
market on the day of the rooster
okame-ichi おかめ市（おかめいち） maket for masks of "o-kame"
okame おかめ【阿亀】 is a woman with a flat, round face.
This is an auspicious item for happy couples, together with the kumade sold at the fair.

With this name, her husband is Hyottoko ひょっとこ.
This is short for Hi Otoko 《「ひおとこ（火男）」, a man in the fire. His face is distorted like a man who uses a bamboo stick to blow into a fire.
This mask is often used for comical rural Kaguya dance performances at the local Shinto Shrine.

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In Iwate Prefecture, there is a myth about the origin of Hyottoko. In that story, there was a boy with a bizarre face who could create gold out of his belly button. When someone died in a house, you would put the mask of this boy at the top of the fireplace to bring good fortune to the house. The name of the boy was hyoutokusu (ヒョウトクス). This is considered as one of the possible name of the origin of Hyottoko.
Hyottoko appears in traditional dance Dengaku (田楽). He plays the role of a clown.
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !

Hyottoko Daruma as clay bell

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Here O-Kame comes in an advertisement for Natto, fermented soy beans , with O-Kame san.

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. . . CLICK here for O-Kame Photos !

. Men, omote 面 masks of Japan .

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Onna Daruma

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Onna Daruma, Daruma as a Woman
女達磨　女だるま　女ダルマ

Daruma News 2005, Nr. 7 had an interesting contribution about the female Daruma.

Murakami san listed 30 dolls from his collection.
村上本二郎

1 China, Ban futoo from Rakuyoo 洛陽の搬不倒

2 China, Santooshoo Shangdongsheng, Hoimin no Ban futoo 山東省

3 Korea, Ottoki 韓国のオットキ
ottoki in Korean means okiagari, go fall down and get up again. The dolls come in male and female form.

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30 Myanmar (Burma).
Little dolls are sold at the entrance to the many pagodas of Burma.

http://ldds.moo.jp/archives/2005/09/

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Female Daruma from Japan

5 Made by Bui　Hachi'emon 武井八右衛門

6 Made by Kasama Banjiroo 笠間幡次郎、筑前山川村

7, 11 from Kagoshima 鹿児島

H12.7×W7.7×D8.6(cm) 88.6(g)
粘土、塗、紙、張り子、墨書／破損、剥離・接着不良、よごれ

特別展「大正昭和くらしの博物誌 ‐ 民族学の父・渋沢敬三とアチック・ミューゼアム ‐」
http://www.brico-art.com/date/kodomobeya.html

8 from Hiroshima 広島の女達磨

H13.2×W8.5×D8.9(cm) 57.0(g)
粘土、塗、紙、張り子、墨書、スタンプ／亀裂、破損、剥離・接着不良、わん曲・変形、変色・退色、よごれ
「屋根裏の博物館 ‐ 実業家渋沢敬三が育てた民の学問 ‐」展
http://www.brico-art.com/date/kodomobeya.html

9, 21 from Kaga 加賀の女達磨
made by Nakajima Menya from Kanazawa 金沢の中島めんやさん
21: Hachiman okiagari 八幡起き上がり, 八幡起上り
(there are different Hachiman Okiagari from Shikoku).
Hachiman Oki-agari from Watanabe San . 泉王子だるま

10 from Fukuoka Pref. Yanagigawa 福岡県、柳川の女達磨
made by Yamashita Jinsaburoo 山下仁三郎

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~SA9S-HND/agal-974-70.html

Meoto Daruma, Enmusubi and more Happy Couples 夫婦だるま

12, 13, 14 from Osaka 大阪の女達磨

15, 16 from Kyoto 京都の女達磨

17 from Takamatsu
with a green robe.
Takamatsu　Daruma 高松張子、　

18 from Ashiya 芦屋の女達磨, Fukuoka pref.

19 from Kurayoshi, Tottori pref. 倉吉の女達磨

20 from Matsuyama 松山の女だるま（姫だるまとは違う)
Tenkin Daruma with a golden head, 天金
Princess Daruma from Matsuyama
Himeji no Daruma - Daruma from Himeji 姫路のだるま ...
Matsuyama no Kinten Daruma　松山の金天だるま with a golden head

22 from Okaya　岡谷の女達磨

. 23 from Tosa　土佐の女達磨 .
made by Yamamoto Koosenn 山本香泉
. . . . . Kochi Onna Daruma　高知女だるま

24 from Kooshuu 甲州の女達磨
Kooshuu Daruma, Takeda Shingen

25 from Toyokawa 豊川の女達磨
Mikawa Daruma, Daruma from Toyokawa and Toyohashi ... by Gabi Greve

26 from Moji 門司の女達磨

27 from Takeda 竹田の女達磨
Takeda no Hime Daruma - Princess Daruma from Takeda ...

28 from Ibaragi 茨城の女達磨

29 from Goboo, Wakayama Pref. 御坊の女達磨
a pair of male and female

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姫だるま, Hime Daruma, Princess Daruma
is a different matter. I will take it up in more detail.

Hime Daruma Dolls 姫達磨　姫だるま Introduction

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Sahara Dolls

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Sahara Daruma 佐原だるま（千葉）

From the town of Sahara in Chiba prefecture.

Above two are quoted from
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At the moment, Fukuoka san 福岡 from Sahara makes these papermachee dolls too. Before him, they were made by Kamata san 鎌田.

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Prison Daruma

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Daruma Dolls made in Prison 刑務所に福だるま

In the prison of Fukushima City prisoners make papermachee dolls, including Daruma dolls of about 20 cm hight. But lately many cheap papermachee dolls come from China and the local dolls do not sell well any more.

　
福島市の福島刑務所を見学して驚いた。受刑者が張り子の福ダルマ をつくっていたからだ。紙型を真っ赤に塗り、金色の模様をあしらう。最後に鶴亀に見立てたひげを描いて出来上がり。全国の生産量の８割を占めるとされる高崎ダルマ（群馬県）も、地元福島の白河ダルマもある。いずれも高さ２０センチ前後の小ぶりなもので、手間を嫌って製造業者が外注したらしい。　

「労賃の安い中国に仕事を奪われ、刑務所も大変。ダルマづくりは残された貴重な仕事だ」と刑務所長は言う。私の群馬県の実家でも数年前まで高崎ダルマをつくっていた。子供のころは毎日作業を手伝い、ダルマ市の売り子にも立った。高崎のダルマ市は毎年１月６～７日に開かれ、今年も２４万人の人出が見込まれている。名産品だから、客は地元産と信じてダルマを買う。神棚に飾って手を合わせる人もいる。　

しかし、産地がどこでも御利益が変わるとは思えない。縁起物が受刑者更生の助けにもなるなら、達磨大師も喜んでくれるだろう。
http://news15.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/femnewsplus/1105085059/1

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Lion

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Lion ... raion daruma ... ライオンだるま

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Yakkyuu 野球 Baseball goods with Daruma
Seibu Lions 西武ライオンズ

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Amuletts for lovers ...

Daruma Pair and Lion Pair

source : blog.concent.shop-pro.jp

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Gangu Toys

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Gangu, Toys with Daruma

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

My Collection
Takamatsu 2005/11

. Celluloid Dolls

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Tin plate Daruma Doll
buriki omocha ブリキのおもちゃ

made by Fuji Press 富士プレス
When you wind it up, the eyes start rolling from left to right.

Photos from my friend Ishino

buriki, from the Dutch blick, German is Blech.

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Toy Ladder

Makes little noises as Daruma falls down the steps.

Photos from my friend Ishino

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Gangu　玩具　＜＞ More about Toys with Daruma

..... My Toy Photo Gallery

..... A Whistle

..... Dice Holder, an antique
Bakuchi 博打道具入れ Daruma and Gambling

..... Daruma Otoshi 　だるま落とし　だるまおとし

..... . Koma 独楽（コマ） spinning top 　

Look at more of my TOYS with Daruma here
TOYS with DARUMA

Gangu 郷土玩具 Folk Toys with FOOD !
manjuu kui ningyo 饅頭食い人形 doll eating a manju bun

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Kenzo Daruma

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Kenzo Daruma 謙三だるま, 謙三達磨

Daruma with a tea tree blossom on his belly

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Takahashi Kenzo 高橋謙三 Takahashi Kenzon
was born in the year Tenpo 3 in Koshigoe and studied western medicine.
He supported the idea to promote tea drinking in Japan for the health of the people.

In 1884, Kenzo Takahashi invented a steaming machine and heating machine as well as a friction machine.
15 years later he invented a rubbing machine and brought quasi machine production to Japanese green tea industry.

Green Tea from Shizuoka
. WASHOKU
Count Katsu Kaishū (勝海舟) and Tea in Shizuoka 　

One more doll

source : 　www.ne.jp/asahi/hamamatu/koma

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. Daruma and Tea 　

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Tora Tiger

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Tiger Daruma Doll by Abo Muchihide
Tora Daruma 「トラだるま」

The Koksehi Maker Abo Muchihide made these TIGER DARUMA to encourage his favorite Baseball Team, Hanshin Tigers, for the season 2005. Abo san lives in Kuroishi Town.
These dolls are now a hit sell in Aomori prefecture in Northern Japan and of course all other parts in Japan with Hanshin Tigers fans..

プロ野球セ・リーグで首位争いを繰り広げる阪神応援に縁起物のだるまはいかが―。タイガースのチームカラーで絵付けした「トラだるま」を青森県黒石市のこけし工人、阿保六知秀（あぼ・むちひで）さん（５５）が作り、ファンの間で人気を呼んでいる。
http://www.sankei.co.jp/enak/2005/sep/kiji/20daruma.html

Here is another of these dolls.

黒石市伝統の「温湯こけし」を受け継ぐ阿保さんは、これまでに通常のだるまも作っていたが、阪神がセ・リーグを制した０３年、熱心なファンの勧めでトラだるまを作製した。
http://www.nikkansports.com/ns/general/f-so-tp0-050920-0008.html

© 写真＝阪神ファンの間で人気を呼んでいる青森県黒石市の「トラだるま」（共同）

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Read my story about Kokeshi Wooden Dolls from Northern Japan and Abo Muchihide
Kokeshi (2) こけし

Read more about the Yellow Daruma
Yamabuki-Iro, Yellow Daruma 山吹色の黄色だるま

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Cup for the Year of the Tiger

CLICK for more Tiger Daruma

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. Tora トラ　- 虎　- 寅　Tiger Toys .

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Ringo Apple

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Ringo Daruma as an apple 林檎達磨　りんごだるま
ringo Daruma

By Abo Muchihide
http://www.yosare.com/kokeshi/abom-ph/abom-13-1.htm
http://www.yosare.com/kokeshi-am03.htm

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Papermachee Apple Daruma from Hirosaki Town

His eyebrows and beard are quite distinct!

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A snowman Daruma with an apple head.
Painted by an 11 year old.
「りんごだるま」
上野誠斗くん（11歳）

source :
http://www.snowfes.com/motto/daruma/

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© PHOTO :　paopao88888
きょうのおやつは『だるまちゃんりんご』

WASHOKU
Snacking , a snack (oyatsu お八つ)

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だるまちゃんとりんごんちゃん
Daruma-chan to Ringo-Chan

source : かこさとし＝作
by Kako Satoshi

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. Apple (ringo) ... KIGO 　

Alphabetical Index of the Daruma Museum

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Bushuu Daruma

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Bushuu Daruma from Edo .. 武州だるま
Koshigaya Daruma 越谷だるま

This is a special papermachee Daruma from a store near the temple of Kawasaki Daishi. This Daruma was also called "Daishi Daruma".

武州だるまは江戸時代より大師だるまとして人気があります。
だるまさんは、江戸時代中期それまであった起上り小法師という玩具に、禅宗の高僧である達磨大師が座禅を組んでいる像を模して作られたものです。縁起物の代表格のだるまさんは、どのように作られているのでしょうか.
伝統工芸師　　島田　和明さん

On the following link you can see most of the process of making this Daruma. The present maker, Shimada san, is in the 14th generation of making this doll.

The form has to dry.

Now the face is painted.

It takes about one week to finish one doll.

Look at it here with more details:
http://home.netyou.jp/uu/kaiundo/daruma.html

General index of the shop of Shimada san
http://home.netyou.jp/uu/kaiundo/index.html

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Bushuu Daruma is also a type that comes from Koshigaya in Saitama prefecture.
越谷だるま（武州だるま）。
The one on the left in the picture below.

Koshigaya goshiki Daruma 越谷五色だるま
in five colors (the small ones)

The belly had no inscription in the older days, but now the character for good luck, FUKU, 福, is inscribed.
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~SA9S-HND/agal-928-1.html

Osato daruma 大里だるま

Ukiya no goshiki Daruma 浮谷　五色だるま
(from Saitama town)

Sunahara Kitsune Hariko　砂原狐張子

Sunahara Daruma 砂原　だるま
Sunahara Hariko paper dolls

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Koshigaya Daruma 越谷だるま

In the last few years, the production has risen to more than 50000 pieces a year, mostly sold at the great Daruma fairs in Kawasaki, Shibamata Taishaku and other markets around Tokyo. But this Daruma is loved from Hokkaido to Kyushu by all Japanese.

だるまは、江戸時代の中期「起きあがり小法師」という縁起物に中国禅僧の祖、達磨大師を描いたのが始まりといわれ、子供の疱瘡除け・開運・厄除け・商売繁盛の縁起ものとして長く親しまれてきました。越谷近辺で生産されるだるまは年間50万個を数え、川崎大師・柴又帝釈天など関東一円をはじめとして、北海道から九州まで広く「越谷だるま」の名で親しまれています。

http://www.koshigaya-sci.or.jp/kanko/c13-1.html

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neri ningyoo form Koonosu Town
練り人形（鴻巣市・越谷市）

source : narumi/clinic/gangu

tsukune ningyoo 捏(つく)ね人形
made from forming clay into doll forms.

Reference : 練り人形 photos

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Hagino San, another Daruma Maker in Koshigaya

His Daruma are more white and the nose is more protruding. He makes Daruma together with his mother and his wife.

七転び八起きの縁起のよさで知られるユーモラスな守護神“だるま”。越谷近辺で生産されるだるまは、年間５０万個を数え、「越谷だるま」の名で広く親しまれています。
今回訪問した荻野ダルマ製作所（越谷市北越谷４－９－３１。電０４８・９７４・８５３１）でも、伝統を受け継いだ職人の“技”が光っていました。

ほかの産地のものに比べ、色が白く鼻がやや高い、上品で優しい顔立ちが特色。型取りから下張り、ひげ描きまですべて手作業で行われています。「描く人によって表情が違うので、自分で描いたものは、どこにあってもわかりますよ」と同製作所の荻野芳雄さん。　

荻野さんは、越谷でだるまの製造を営む家に生まれ伝統工芸士に。現在は、荻野さん、お母さん、奥さんの３人で受け継いだ伝統に新しい工夫を加えながら、だるま作りに日夜励んでいます。　
http://www.shopper.jp/local/newsspec.cfm?article_id=6107&shopper_newspaper_id=11

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Japanese Link about the Daruma from Saitama Prefecture,
including the ones mentioned above.

埼玉県知事指定伝統的手工芸品

越谷だるまは他の産地のだるま等に比較して、色が白く、鼻がやや高く、上品で優しい顔立ちが特色です。だるま作りには、型取りから下張り、ひげ描きまでいくつかの手作業での工程があります。なかでもだるまの生命ともいえるひげ描きには穂先の長い面相筆を使い、大小にかかわらず同じ筆で描きます。そのせいか、だるま一つ一つみな表情が異なり、個性的です。
昔は、ほとんどが農業の副業として作られていましたが、現在は、家業として伝承しています、最近は若い後継者も多く伝統をうけつぎ日夜だるまの作りに励んでいます。
http://www.koshigaya-sightseeing.jp/yurai-d.html

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Funado Daruma 船渡だるま from Funado town
. . . also read as
Funawatashi 船渡の張り子 Funawatashi papermachee dolls

Funado Hariko dolls 船渡張り子, made in Koshigaya town since the Meiji time. They also made foxes, Tengu and tigers.

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A link with pictues from Shimodate, where the Bushuu Daruma are burned in an official ceremony on the 15th of January, dondo-yaki　ドンと焼き

商売繁盛、開運出世を新祈願。大町通りは、午前１０時から歩行者天
国となり、高崎だるま・埼玉武州だるまを売る２５からの露天商をはじめ、植木の苗なども販売され、多くの人々で午後６時まで賑わいます。

小正月、子どもたちは町内を回って門松やしめ縄、だるまなどを集め、広場の御神木に積み上げます。
あたりが暗くなったころ、これに火をつけ棒先の餅を焔にかざして焼き食べます。
http://www.city.chikusei.lg.jp/k_s_info/kankou/shimodate/highlight/highlight23/daruma.html

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Read my story about
Kukai, Kobo Daishi 弘法大師　空海 (Kuukai, Kooboo Daishi)

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. Regional Folk Toys from Japan .

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Education with Daruma

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Education with Daruma 教育にだるま

Part 01 of this subject is HERE

How to make a papier-mache Daruma

Need:
Oval balloons, newspaper, paper mache' paste( or use flour & water paste), paint and brushes

A daruma (a variation of the American punching bag).
In Japan, the daruma is thought to bring good health. The daruma is probably Japan's best-known folk toy. You can see it frequently in Japan, including on key rings. His name is short for Bodhidharma, a Buddhist priest from India who lived in the sixth century. Legends say that Bodhidharma sat absolutely still and meditated for nine years. He didn't move at all, and after nine years he found he had lost the use of his arms and legs. In fact, they had withered away.

So darumas are made with no arms or legs. They have weighted bottoms so that no matter how you roll them, they will always return right side up. Some say this symbolizes the spirit of patience, perseverance, and determination shown by the priest.

Blow up oval balloons. Tear up lots of strips of paper and soak them in paper mache' paste. Cover the balloon completely with the strips. Let dry.

Add extra layers of strips to the bottom, rounded end. This will give the bottom the extra weight it needs so that the daruma will end up in an upright position. The daruma is traditionally painted red, the color of the robes worn by the priests. Paint the body and the features on the face.

Japan for Kids
http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/japan.html

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My name is Edoreki Gakushimaru, and I live in the city of Edo (you probably call my city "Tokyo" -- that's the modern name for Edo).
I'd like to take you on a trip through my city, to see what it was like when it was still ruled by the Shogun, when samurai walked the streets ...
Take a walk in Edo

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Books about Toys

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Books about Toys

Local Folk Toys
Come to know the Heart of Japan and its Living

Five volumes
By Hatano Eizaburo

「郷土玩具」で知る日本人の暮らしと心（１）～
『豊かな暮らしを願う郷土玩具』
http://www.fukuneko-planning.com/contents/conte_14.html

Arranged in topics about the practical use of the toys, like for your rich daily life (here is our Daruma), for your health, for the safety of family and home, for festivals and celebrations, and finally things to play with.
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Illustrated Volume about the Japanese Things Bringing Good Luck

『日本縁起もの絵図帳』
七福神、宝船をはじめ松竹梅、鶴、獅子舞など…。家内安全や商売繁盛の願いをかなえてくれるといわれる「縁起もの」を、イラストで表現。
http://www.fukuneko-planning.com/contents/conte_14.html

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Ooasahiko Shrine Naruto

2005-05-29T22:20:00.000-07:00

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Oasahiko and Hakuchoo Daruma Doll

This is a very special Daruma with the letter ASA on the belly, refering to a Shinto Deity. So our Daruma san can reincarnate in many forms !

I asked the young priest, why they had choosen a Daruma doll to represent Oasahiko. "Well, Daruma is a symbol of good luck and perseverance. Seven times down, you know.... , people like Daruma for a New Year token, so we choose to make one with the ASA mark on it. And it sells well, you know". Indeed, the Daruma dolls on the shelf came in six different sizes!

This Daruma Doll belongs to the Papermachee Dolls of Hakuchoo、Ehime Prefecture.
白鳥張子　（金谷達磨） 愛媛県。

http://www.darumanetjapan.com/da_text/d-sikok-new.html

Hakuchoo Papermachee Dolls were produced in Hakuchoo Village by Kanaya Kenjiroo　金谷健次郎. He also made lion's heads (shishigashira). After the World War, he also produced Daruma dolls which were sold at the Konpira Shrine. These Daruma had the Chinese character GOLD 金 on the belly, whereas the ones he produced for the Asahiko Shrine had the character HEMP 麻　or a circle with Gook Luck 福。　

In some years they produced many ten thousands of these Daruma which were sold all over Western Japan. But when Master Kanaya became to old, the production became smaller and then was shut down.
This simple Daruma has now been revived and is sold in many sizes and with or without a headband.

But now let us go back to the Oasahiko Shrine.

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The deity Oasahiko no Okami 大麻比古の大神、is enshrined in the Oasahiko Shrine in Naruto Town, Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku. He protects the people from traffic accidents and evil and is affectionately called "Owasa-Han".

This shrine is the Number One Shrine of Awa, (Awa no Kuni Ichi no Miya) dedicated to the mythological first settler of this province, Oasahiko, who started growing asa (flax) and cotton. Its annual festival is held on November 1. The shrine was founded before 800 and got a high ranking of 5th grade in 866. It was awarded fields and a mountain with dense forest. Oasayama mountain is more than 530 m high.
Nowadays the shrine is supportetd by the Jinja Honchoo Headquarters of Shrines.

In the precincts, the huge camphor tree, kusu no ki, is most impressive.

(My Album Nr. 21 - 24).

The hemp leaf in Japanese family crests 麻の葉紋
http://www.genbu.net/sinmon/asa.htm

The pilgrims stamp of this shrine
http://www.genbu.net/data/awa2/ooasahiko_syuin.htm

The Lion-Dogs Koma-inu of this shrine
http://www.infoeddy.ne.jp/~jcinoko/naruto/ishoku1.htm

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Other links and shrines dedicated to Ooasahiko

http://kamnavi.jp/en/sikoku/taimahi.htm

http://www.genbu.net/data/awa2/ooasahiko_title.htm

http://www2.tcn.ne.jp/~myoujin/html/

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Look at . my album . with more photos from the shrine and its marvellous old trees.
Starting from Nr. 19 to Nr. 35.

Oasahiko Shrine PHOTOS

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Doitsu - kan - German House and Museum
Deutsches Haus Naruto

During WW1 about 1000 German prisoners of war spent from 1917 on, three years in the prison camp of Bando. Due to the camp's commanding officer's humanitarian administration they came into contact with the region's people, teaching aspects of German culture and skills like baking bread, growing vegetables, raising cattle etc. Along the more than 100 concerts performed by the prisoners' orchestras was also the very first performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's“Symphony No.9”in Japan.
In order to memorize the German prisoners' activities the first“German House”opened in 1972. The new German House opened in October 1993.
http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/mng/er/wp-museum/pmlinks/pm10.htm

It is located next to Osashiko - jinja and houses the photographs, newspapers, magazines, tools and other mementoes of the 953 German prisoners of the First World War, who stayed here for 3 years from 1917. "The German Bridge" built by them is still there behind Oasahiko - jinja.
They also showed local people how to make cheese and butter from milk, while introducing cabbage, tomatoes and onions.

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Von Toshiaki Kamei, Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Naruto

Das Deutsche Haus unserer Stadt wurde auf dem Hintergrund eines freundschaftlichen Kulturaustausches der hiesigen Bevölkerung mit deutschen Kriegsgefangenen, der sich um das Kriegsgefangenenlager Bando während des Ersten Weltkrieges rankt, der darauffolgenden, geerbten Hinterlassenschaften jener deutschen Soldaten als auch zur Förderung der Erziehung erbaut.

Auf dieser Grundlage aufbauend, setzen wir uns für den internationalen Kulturaustausch ein. Dieser Kulturaustausch beinhaltet den Austausch mit der Partnerstadt Lüneburg, das Auffinden von Unterlagen der ehemaligen deutschen Kriegsgefangenen über deren Nachkommen, sowie die Herausgabe der Lagerzeitung " Die Baracke " der damaligen Kriegsgefangenen in deutscher und japanischer Version.

Wenn man sagt "Japan und Deutschland haben gegeneinander gekämpft", so werden wohl viele darüber überrascht sein. Was die Beziehungen Japans zu Deutschland betrifft, so erhielt Japan doch schließlich Hilfe bei der Erschaffung einer Verfassung und blickte zu den Anleitungen im Heereswesen auf. Zudem waren während des Zweiten Weltkrieges beide Länder zusammen mit Italien Verbündete.

Aber es gab auch eine Zeit, in der beide Länder sich bekämpften. Es war im Jahre 1914 (3. Jahr der Taisho-Ära) mit dem Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkrieges, der Schauplatz war die Stadt Tsingtao auf der chinesischen Halbinsel Shangtung.Zu jener Zeit war Japan mit England verbündet, und England bat um Beistand zum Schutz seiner Schiffe. Bei dieser Gelegenheit schickte Japan 30.000 Soldaten nach Tsingtao, wo sich der deutsche Stützpunkt befand.

Auf Seiten der sich verteidigenden Deutschen waren es insgesamt nur 5.000 Soldaten, und nach ungefähr drei Monaten standen Sieger und Besiegte fest.Nach dem Ende der Kampfhandlungen kamen ca. 4.700 deutsche Soldaten als Kriegsgefangene nach Japan und wurden an zwölf verschiedenen Orten untergebracht. Aber da es sich hauptsächlich dabei um Tempel und öffentliche Gebäuden handelte, war es um die Unterbringungsbedingungen nicht gut bestellt.

Daher brachte man die Kriegsgefangenen später in sechs neu gebauten bzw. renovierten Lagern unter, wozu auch amerikanische Diplomaten rieten. So wurden auch die drei Lager Matsuyama, Marugame und Tokushima auf Shikoku zu dem Lager Bando im heutigen Stadtteil Oaza-cho von Naruto zusammengelegt. Dies war im April 1917 (6. Jahr der Taisho-Ära).

Dort verbrachten rund Tausend deutsche Soldaten zwei Jahre und zehn Monate. Während dieser Zeit brachte man ihnen sowohl von Seiten der Lagerverwaltung, wie z.B. von dem Lagerkommandaten Oberst Toyohisa Matsue, als auch von Seiten der dortigen Bevölkerung, die sich mit den deutschen Soldaten anfreundete und diese mit "Herr Deutscher" anrief, Fürsorge entgegen.
So galt das Lager Bando als ein Musterlager, und die Kriegsgefangenen führten dort ein vergleichsweise angenehmes Leben.
http://www.city.naruto.tokushima.jp/germanhouse/ruhe/doitugo/no_1/ruhe1.html

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Link with some photos of the exhibits:

http://www.city.naruto.tokushima.jp/germanhouse/
(Japanese日本語）

http://www.amateras.com/trip/japan/naruto/naruto-e.htm

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Ebisu

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Ebisu えびす　恵比寿　

Clay Doll of Ebisu with Daruma

Nakano Clay Doll / Hight 37 cm, width 20 cm

Ebisu is one of the seven gods of good luck.
The god of fishermen and good fortune, the smiling and bearded Ebisu is most often depicted with a fishing rod in his right hand, with a large red sea bream (tai) dangling from the line or tucked under his left arm. Sometimes he is also carrying a folding fan, and is often wearing a two-pointed hat (I'm not sure what these latter two objects mean, although the folding fan was waved by the emperor in a certain direction to indicate either acceptance or rejection of a request during the emperor's audiences with nobles and commoners).

In a nation very fond of fish, Ebisu is not surprisingly one of the most popular of the seven lucky gods. Ebisu is also the only deity among the seven to originate in Japan. Today he symbolizes not only safe sailing and plentiful fishing, but business prosperity for merchants in all trades. In carvings and artwork, Ebisu and Daikoku are often shown together, for Ebisu is said to be the son of Daikoku.
Read more about him here:
... Mark Schumacher

Ebisu holding a Daruma, both being symbols of Good Luck! What a happy combination!
To get such a present for the new year must bring a lot of pleasure.

There are other papermachee dolls of Ebisu and Daikoku, featured like a Daruma Doll.

Click HERE to see more of Ebisu and his companion Daikoku !

More about Ebisu and related festivals
. Ebisu and the Seven Gods of Good Luck .

Ebisu is native to Japan, his name in the Shinto Pantheon is Kotoshiro-nushi-no-kami.

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In Hakata, Ebisu is celebrated on the New Year

１月8日初恵比須　 First Ebisu on the eighth
　
9日宵恵比須　 Night before the Real Ebisu
　
10日本恵比須　 REAL Toka Ebisu on the tenth
　
11日残り恵比寿 Day after the Real Ebisu

SAIJIKI – THE NEW YEAR

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Ebisu hariko えびす　張子 papermachee doll
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Ebisu dorei えびす　土鈴 clay bell
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Ebisu ema えびす　絵馬 votive plaque
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Amulets for a big catch

. Tsuri yuki anzen 釣行安全　safety when fishing .

Shichi-Fukujin　七福神 Seven Gods of Good Luck
. Amulets and Talismans from Japan .　

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The God of the Mountains and the Fields
Yama no kami, ta no kami
In some areas, this deity is celebrated as Ebisu.

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Ebisu　夷　恵比寿　恵比須　えびす、エビス

Kigo for Early Winter

Ebisu Ceremony Group, Ebisu-koo　恵比寿講、夷講
..... Ebisu Matsuri, 夷子祭

A "Ceremony Group" koo　講 was a group in the neighbourhood with the same religious intention of celebrating ... for example, this God Ebisu. The most famous was possibly the Ceremony Group for Mt. Fuji, Fukikoo, where the members would collect money so that some of the group could go to the annual pilgrimmage to Mt. Fuji. But this calls for a different entry!

According to the Asian Lunar calender, the celebration was on October 20, but lately it is celebrated on any of the months in winter, with regional differences all over Japan. The God Ebisu　夷神, one of the seven gods of good luck, was identical with the God of the Mountains and the Fields in rural Japan. On this Ebisu Festival Day, Fish, Grains and Sweets were offered to the local statues of Ebisu.

Even nowadaya many stores hold a great bargain sale on the three days around the Ebisu Ceremonies.

恵比寿　夷神（本覚寺）
www.syunkei.com/7_ebisu.htm

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Ebisu-koo su-uri ni hakama kisenikeri

Ebisu Festival:
vinegar salesman decked out
in formal wear

Matsuo Basho
trans. David Barnhill

"During this annual festival held on January 9, 10, and 11, in Osaka many people come to pay respects to Ebisu, the patron deity of business. As Osaka has been traditionally known as the merchant capital of Japan, the significance of the Toka Ebisu Festival resonates especially strong with the people of the city. Throughout the three-day Festival, hundreds of thousands of people come to worship at the shrine and pray to Ebisu, affectionately called "Ebessan" by Osakans."
http://yourosaka.org/other/photo/04_2.html

"A million people pass through the sixth century Imamiya-Ebisu Shrine during the three-day January festival to pray to Ebisu (or informally, "Ebessan"), the god of business and wealth. The shrine maidens sell lucky bamboo fronds (fukusasa) loaded with lucky charms and coin talismans. Their offer is, "Buy a frond and your business will prosper." It's certainly a profitable time for the frond sellers. The highlight of the festival is "Toka Ebisu" (10th Ebisu) when colourful palanquins bear geisha and other celebrities through the lantern-lit streets."
http://www.worldeventsguide.com/event.ehtml?o=1906

There is also an Ebisu Festival held in Kyoto:

"During the Hatsuka Ebisu Festival, business people flock to Ebisu-jinja Shrine to buy fukuzasa, branches of bamboo festooned with miniature treasure ships, rice bales, gold coins and other lucky charms. This festival celebrates Ebisu, one of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune and the patron deity of merchants.

"During the festival ebisu-bayashi music wafts through the air of the shrine and knives produced by the Oima school, well known among cooks, are put on display.

"The festival originated in the Edo period, when Kyoto merchants returning from business trips to Edo would visit this shrine to give thanks for a successful journey.
It is held only in Kyoto on October 19, 20, and 21."
http://www.kyoto.travel/events/hatsuka_ebisu_festival.html

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Kigo for the New Year

Ebisu Doll Show, Ebisu oroshi　夷おろし
..... Ebisu kaki　夷かき
Small shows by the roadside where quite popular in Edo. Little paper dolls or clay dolls were moved on a box, a lucky story was told and afterward the performer got a bit of money.

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"Young Ebisu", waka Ebisu 若夷　わかえびす、若えびす
Welcoming Young Ebisu, waka Ebisu mukae 若夷迎

After praying to a statue of God Ebisu 夷神, people would walk around on the morning of January first with little clay dolls or paper slips with Ebisu paintings, shouting "Young Ebisu, young Ebisu". The buyer could put the doll on his God's Shelf (kamidana　神棚) and pray for his home. Putting a doll or paper by the side of the entrance door was another possibility to lure good luck to the home. If you do that, you would not age yourself for one year ... or so they said !

年や人にとられていつも若ゑびす
toshi ya hito ni toraete itsumo waka Ebisu

another year !
others get older but he stays
always a Young Ebisu
(Tr. Gabi Greve)

Matsuo Basho
　寛文6年作。23歳。
　若夷は、えびすさまの絵を描いた紙札で、上方では正月元旦の朝夷売りが町々を回って売り歩く。人々はこれを買って門口に張り出して、新しい年の福を呼びこもうと待ち構えている。
　毎年正月に売りに来る夷様の紙札の顔は一向に年を取らない。これは、あまり御札がよく売れて、正月には取るべき歳を取っている暇がないからじゃないだろうか。
　そんな馬鹿なことはなかろうが、滑稽を強調した作。若さがにじみ出ているが、後の芭蕉を知るものには何とも素人臭い作品。
http://www.ese.yamanashi.ac.jp/~itoyo/basho/haikusyu/ebisu.htm

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Kigo for the New Year

Ebisu, Ceremony for the God of Wealth and Prosperity

..... Kairaishi 傀儡師, 傀儡, 夷廻し,木傀廻し puppeteer
..... Visiting the Seven Gods of Good Luck, shichi fukujin mairi 七福神詣
..... 七福詣, 福神詣, 福神巡り, 福詣
Palanquin of fortunes, hoikago宝恵駕, hoekago 宝恵駕籠*
Ebisu palanquin, Ebisu kago 戎籠（えびすかご）
Palanquin for Fukusuke, Fukusuke kago 福助駕（ふくすけかご）

Itsuka Ebisu 五日戎 (いつかえびす) Ebisu on January 5

Hatsuka Ebisu 二十日戎 (はつかえびす) Ebisu on January 20
hatsuka Ebisu matsuri 二十日戎祭（はつかえびすまつり）
Ebisu Ceremonies in Edo and the Kanto area

Tooka Ebisu 十日戎 (とおかえびす) Ebisu on January 10
(in the Kansai area)
hatsu Ebisu 初戎（はつえびす）first Ebisu rituals
yoi Ebisu 宵戎（よいえびす）,
Ebisu matsuri 戎祭（えびすまつり）Ebisu festival
nokori Ebisu 残り戎（のこりえびす）"left over Ebisu"
nokorifuku, nokori fuku 残り福（のこりふく）

..... fukusasa 福笹（ふくささ）lucky bamboo grass
Ebisu sasa 戎笹（えびすささ）
fukuame, fuku ame 福飴（ふくあめ）"sweets for good luck"
kichoo 吉兆（きっちょう）"good omen"

Nishinomiya no igomori 西宮の居籠 (にしのみやのいごもり)
recluse at Nishinomiya
..... igomori 居籠（いごもり）
In Nishinomiya town, Hyogo prefecture, at the shrine Ebisu Jinja.
In the night of January 9/10.
The main deity from Ebish shrine is brought to the shrine Hirota Jinja 広田神社.
People who see the procession will be blessed in the coming year.

SAIJIKI – THE NEW YEAR

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Kobayashi Issa

うら町や貧乏徳りの夷講
uramachi ya bimboo tokuri no Ebisu koo

back alley--
a poor sake bottle
for the God of Wealth

門の松おろしや夷の魂消べし
kado no matsu oroshi ya ebisu no tamage-beshi

down comes my New Year's pine--
let the God of Wealth
be shocked!

本町や夷の飯の横がすみ
Honchoo ya Ebisu no meshi no yoko-gasumi

Old Quarter--
food for the God of Wealth
in mist

Issa (Tr. David Lanoue)

There were so many food offering to Ebisu-san that the large volume of mist occurred by the food and formed the mist that drifted with wind.This symbolized the prosperity of the Ebisu-shrine as well as Honcho of Nihon bashi in the center commercial district in Edo.
Nakamura Sakuo

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Laughing, Lucky Laugh (fuku warai)
First laugh (hatsu warai). first cry (hatsu naki).
Celebrating Ebisu, Good of Good Luck.

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. WASHOKU
Umi no sachi : food treasures of the sea 海の幸　
and Ebisu sama

. Ebisu Beer エビスビール / 恵比寿ビール Yebisu Beer .

The great festival of Ebisu "Ebessan"
胡子大祭（えべっさん）
In Nishinomiya, Hiroshima prefecture
西宮神社（兵庫県西宮市）

On January 8, a large tuna fish is offered to the deity. The visitore place their offering money coins on the fish and pray for good business.
This festival started in 1970.
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Ebisu
Rein japanische Gottheit. E bedeutet Liebe, BI bedeutet Schönheit und SU bedeutet alltägliche Notwendigkeiten. Ältester Sohn (Hiruko) der japanischen Gottheiten Izanagi und Izanami no Mikoto. Als Kind auf einem Schilfboot ausgesetzt, kommt in der Gegend von Osaka an Land; daher auch Gottheit der Fischer.

Im buddhistischen Pantheon als Inkarnation der Kannon, vom Weltberg des Südens, Fudaraku, kommend.
Zusammen mit Daikokuten als Doppelfigur.

Ikonografie:
Mit Entenmuschel-Mütze; in Jagdgewändern.
Meist rundes, lächelndes Gesicht.
Mit großem Fisch und langer Angelrute.

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. Ebisu and the Seven Gods of Good Luck .

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Mishima Daruma and Festival

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Daruma from Mishima Shrine
三島大社の恵比寿の起き上がりだるま

In the form of the God of Good Luck, Ebisu.

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~SA9S-HND/agal-938-1.html

This kind of papermachee doll is not produced lately any more.

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The Great Shrine at Mishima
三嶋大社、三島大社 Mishima Taisha

It is not clear exactly when and by whom the Shrine was founded , though it seems to have already existed in the Nara Period (710-794). Records indicate that the 55th Emperor Montoku (827-856) conferred an official rank on the Shrine in 850 and the 56th Emperor Seiwa (850-880) upgraded the rank in 859. At one point, it held the No. 1 position of the shrine list in the Izu Peninsula and it still retains the status as the most authoritative in the area.

In the Edo Period (1603-1868), Mishima became an important post-town of the 503-kilometer-long Tokaido Highroad connecting Tokyo to Kyoto. Travellers who were to go over or came down from the 15-kilometer-long steep Hakone mountains usually stayed in Mishima, and the Mishima post-town prospered with a horde of tour groups. Under the Tokugawa Shogunate rule, Daimyo, or feudal lord, of each prefecture had to live one year in Tokyo and the next in his home prefecture leaving his family in Tokyo as hostage.

On the occasion that a Daimyo went up to Tokyo or came back home for the alternate-year residence system, an entourage of more than 100 men followed him, making a long line of procession. This system helped develop traffic flows throughout Japan and the Tokaido Highroad was the busiest one. (Daimyo's travel was so gorgeous that even today, travelling in a very expensive way is dubbed "Daimyo travel.")
Really, Mishima was one of the most popular post-towns of old-time 53 stages on the Highroad.

Ｒｅａｄ more about the history of this famous shrine
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~QM9T-KNDU/mishima.htm

More pictures about the Shrine
http://tencoo.fc2web.com/jinja/xmishima.htm

日本語
http://www.mishimataisha.or.jp/

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observance kigo for the New Year

Mishima otauchi matsuri 三島御田打祭 (みしまおたうちまつり)
festival of "hitting the fields at Mishima
O-tauchi 御田打（おたうち）"honorable hitting the fields"
Onta matsuri 御田祭（おんたまつり）festival of the fields

On the seventh day of the first lunar month.
Prayer rituals for a bountiful harvest in the new year. People used to dress up and imitate the movements making when preparing the fields for planting. They also walked around through town in merriment.

. WKD : New Year Ceremonies .

humanity kigo for spring

. preparing the fields, "hitting the fields" tauchi　田打ち .

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11. Mishima-shuku (Mishima)
. The 53 stations of the Tokaido .

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Yamabuki <> Yellow Daruma

2005-04-20T18:58:00.000-07:00

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Yamabuki - Yellow Daruma Dolls

It all started with this yellow Daruma, which Chibi (Dennis Holmes) send me.

The yellow Daruma is good for your luck with money (yellow > gold), so in the last few years with the depression hanging around, these yellow Daruma are growing in number.
金運の黄色いだるまの効果ってすごいや！

The yellow color of GOLD in the Edo period was often called “Yamabuki-iro”, the color of the wild yellow rose literally, "mountain breath"; Kerria japonica, which flowers in Spring.

On the chart of traditional Japanese colors, here is our Yamabuki-Iro
1253 山吹色 ( やまぶきいろ #E8CC34 ) and nine other variations.
During the Edo period, light colors were not allowed, so they named many colors simply and "invented" 48 shades of tea color and 100 rat-gray shades 「四拾八茶・百鼠」
http://homepage2.nifty.com/corel/LIB/doumei_ishoku.htm

Traditional Edo Kimono Colors of 100 rat-gray shades (hyaku nezumi)
There is also a "yamabuki nezumi" a yellow-gray in the list.
山吹鼠（やまぶきねず）
http://www.kimono28.com/100nezu.htm

I have written about traditional colours here too:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Darumasan-Japan/message/794

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Yellow is also the color of the Hanshin Tigers Baseball Team, so a yellow Daruma is an item for the Fans of the Club.

http://www.darumanetjapan.com/

More goods of the Hanshin Tigers
Wristwatch with yellow Daruma
http://image.www.rakuten.co.jp/again7/img1018739326.jpeg
http://www.rakuten.co.jp/again7/598099/604992/

Group of 13 yellow Daruma

http://www.darumanetjapan.com/daruma-lineJ/color.html

Group of many yellow Daruma from Tower Records

http://www.darumanetjapan.com/daruma-lineJ/color.html

More Daruma in many colors
http://www.darumanetjapan.com/daruma-lineJ/color.html

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The Daruma Market at Sumiyoshi Jinja

The Daruma which Chibi send us has the inscription "Sumiyoshi Jinja" 住吉神社 on the belly. So here is a great page with music and superb photos from this shrine.
By Wada Yoshio san.
http://wadaphoto.jp/japan/oume.htm

….. The Sumiyoshi Jinja Shrine
http://wadaphoto.jp/japan/images/oume09m.jpg

Picture with colored Daruma, from a Daruma Market
http://babu.com/~hamadayori/0103/082color-daruma.jpg
http://babu.com/~hamadayori/0103/daruma.html

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住吉に灯のとぼりけり鳴雲雀
sumiyoshi ni hi no tobori keri naku hibari

at Sumiyoshi
lamps are burning
larks are singing

-Issa, 1804

Tr. David Lanoue

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Medicine pack with red and yellow Daruma

ネオ眞治
風邪のお薬。赤いだるまと黄色だるまがお熱な顔！！赤と黄色の玉薬。
喘息の症状改善効果がある塩酸メチルエフェドリン配合！！かぜ！！早く良くなれっ！
http://fumojabull.at.infoseek.co.jp/retrodrugs.html

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. kin un Daruma 金運だるま
Daruma for luck with money 　

made from real gold, or yellow dolls

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More pictures in my Hariko Papermachee Doll Album
Look at Nr. 02, 06 and then 44 to 48.

My PHOTO ALBUM

Link with essays about Colors, in Japanese
http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~color/all/l_12_essay.htm

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. Yellow Mountain Rose (yamabuki) 　
Kerria japonica
kigo for Japanese haiku

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Atsugi Daruma

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Atsugi Daruma 厚木だるま

Made by Gotoo Haruo. All are handmade and it takes about half a year after ordering it. The pattern on the belly is special of Gotoo San.

相州は「厚木だるま」後藤春男さん作。本格派の格調高いだるまです。手張りで注文から完成まで半年掛かりました。

Ｆｒｏｍ a great collection
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~um8d-tmzk/darumasan2.htm

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One more of this type, with FUKU, Good Luck, on the belly.

http://www.darumanetjapan.com/da_text/datext.html

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Hachimaki - Daruma with Headband

2005-03-13T20:39:00.000-08:00

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Daruma with a Headband
hachimaki Daruma 鉢巻だるま

This type of Daruma with a bandana is typical of Western Japan.

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From Himeji 姫路鉢巻達磨

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Nagoya Daruma 名古屋だるま

. Dolls from Nagoya /名古屋張子だるま　

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Hakata Daruma 博多だるま

. Hakata Daruma Dolls .

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A hachimaki (鉢巻)
is a stylized headband (bandanna) in Japanese culture, usually made of red or white cloth, worn as a symbol of perseverance or effort by the wearer. These are worn on many occasions, for example, by sports spectators, by women giving birth, students in cram school, office workers, expert tradesmen taking pride in their work, bōsōzoku (teen biker gangs) and even rioters. Japanese competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi wore a hachimaki for the Nathan's hotdog eating competition.

They are generally decorated with inspirational slogans, like
日本一 (Nippon Ichi, "the best of Japan" or "Japan's best"), but most typically with the rising sun motif.

The historical origin of hachimaki is uncertain. One theory links the cloth to those worn by early religious ascetics. Another theory states that they originated in headbands worn by samurai that kept their helmets on, to absorb perspiration, and keep hair out of their eyes.
"Hachimaki" translates as "helmet-scarf."

Perhaps the most infamous usage of the hachimaki was by the kamikaze pilots toward the end of World War II. Kamikaze pilots would frequently don a hachimaki, usually with the kanji characters 神風 ("Kamikaze") before flying to their deaths. The hachimaki was also worn by Daniel, in the famous film "Karate Kid".
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hachimaki Daruma to win an election

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Clay Bell Daruma with headband

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Daruma on a piece of cloth

Photos from my friend Ishino

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Sukeroku with purple hachimaki 助六の鉢巻
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Famous Kabuki Play "Sukeroku".
. Reference : Sukeroku

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. Mikawa Hachimaki Daruma 三河張子　

. Matsuyama Dolls 　
男達磨 Otoko Daruma
宇和島達磨 Uwajima Daruma

Read about Takamatsu Papermachee Dolls.
... Takamatsu Hariko

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Saru - Monkey

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Saru, Monkey with Daruma さる　猿　申　

In Japan, monkeys are a symbol of wisdom.

The Details are HERE :
By the time Buddhism reached Japan (mid 6th century AD), the monkey and monkey lore were already common elements in Buddhist legend, art, and iconography. Thereafter, monkey worship in Japan grew greatly in popularity, especially among practitioners of Taoist Kōshin rites introduced from China and among followers of Tendai Shintō-Buddhism, the latter centered around the syncretic Tendai shrine-temple multiplex located at Mt. Hiei (Shiga Prefecture, near Kyoto).
Some scholars believe the famous three monkeys -- speak no evil, hear no evil, see no evil -- originated in Japan in association with Mt. Hiei and the sacred monkey of the Hie Shrine (Hie Jinja 日吉神社; also called Hiyoshi Taisha 日吉大社).

MONKEY IN JAPAN
By Mark Schumacher

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Woodcarving by Ogasawara Mikura, Hokkaido
Photo from my Friend Shimizu

Look at more monkeys from Ogasawara san
造形作家　　小笠原　み蔵　（おがさわらみくら）
http://www8.plala.or.jp/grain/

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Monkey, do not talk ! One of the three famous monkeys.

© PHOTO :　だるまさん色々

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Papermachee Doll

This piece measures 3.5" tall. A charming monkey is holding an equally charming Daruma as if holding onto good luck for you. The gold letter calligraphy on the back of the piece reads "Good Luck." The condition of this piece is very good and the age of this piece is from the 1960's.

From my friend Tanaka san.

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The Year of the Monkey

© PHOTOS :　だるまさん色々

さる-だるま

© PHOTO :　sekasekasan / monkeys

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Daruma with Monkey Eyes

© PHOTO :　harukanaru-tabi324.air-nifty.com

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Snowman Daruma as a Monkey

2003年年末に雪が降った時に猿だるまをつくってみました。一年にひとつは雪だるまをつくらないと。（いや特に理由はないんですが・・・）
http://blue.kakiko.com/rakugake/sarudaruma.html

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Migawari Monkey, the Monkey Charm of Naramachi
身代わり猿、奈良町

. Saru 猿　/ 申　 Monkey Amulets .

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Clay Dolls

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Clay Dolls 土人形の話

. Regional Folk Toys from Japan .

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●山形県相良土人形 Yamagata
相良人形は、米沢藩主の上杉鷹山公が領内財政立て直しのため、藩主親衛隊三手士の相良清佐衛門厚忠を陶器製造の技法習得のため福島県の相馬に赴くかせ、安永七年(1778)成島に陶窯を築き日常雑器を焼いた事からその特技を活かし、京都伏見人形の型をまなび堤人形にも影響を受けながら独特の人形型を創始し、自らの姓を入れ相良人形と呼んだ。

●福島県三春張り子 Fukushima Miharu Hariko
高柴の張り子作りは、幕藩体制の安定した元禄時代でこ屋敷の先祖橋本元右衛門を創始とします。
土を用いる京都の伏見人形や仙台の堤人形に対して、和紙を用い日本一といわれる独特の張り子人形をこの山間の地で生みだした事は驚異といわれております。幸せを求める庶民の祈りや願いを基本に、あくまで素朴さを失わず絶妙優美な造形と描彩を忠実に守って、今も三百年の伝統を受け継いでいます

●姫路張り子人形 Himeji Hariko
姫路張り子の初代は豊国屋七といわれており、大阪で張り子の技術を習得して明治初期頃より姫路で作り始めた。作品の主流は面が中心で、天狗・鬼・太閤・桃太郎など 50 種ほどあるといわれております。
面作りの特色は、土製の瓦型を使っていて木製にくらべると傷みは少なく、しっかり原型を作っておけば何時でも同じ瓦型が作れ、張り子の形が崩れることがない。面の他にも、首振りの虎・獅子頭・だるま・や、三つ山・一つ山などがある。

●兵庫県稲畑土人形 Hyogo Inahata
稲畑人形の歴史は弘化三年(1846年)からで、赤井若太郎忠常が京から伏見人形の職人を招き、その製法を習い制作を始めた。
特色として上げられるのは天神で、練天神と土天神があります。
練天神は、粘土に苧(からむし)のすきを混入して練り合わせたものを型抜きし、乾燥後胡粉をかけ彩色したもの、人形の胴と頭・手は別々に作り、木製の二段の台に乗せて飾る。土天神は、素焼きに彩色をほどこし台座と一体化して作っている。この他にも雷除け天神・屏風天神などがあり、五代目赤井君代さんが受け継いで制作に専念している。

●滋賀県、小幡人形 Shiga
小幡人形がいつ頃から作り始められたのか、詳しい年代は不明です。
細居家の家伝によると、享保年間(1716~36) に初代の安兵衛が京を往復する飛脚を業としていたが、伏見人形の人気の高さから転業し、伏見人形の製法を習得したのが最初といわれております。代表作には小槌乗りねずみ、桃持猿は年賀切手の図案に採択されたほか、鯛狆(ちん)・三猿・福助・お多福・布袋など20種余りあります。作品の特色は、伏見人形のもつ洗練された美しさとは対照的に泥くささの中に素朴美の感じられる作品で、より親しみを覚えさせてくれる土人形です。

●福岡県、古博多人形 Fukuoka
古博多人形の創始については三つの流れがあり、正木宗七を祖とする宗七焼と、小堀善佐衛門正直を祖とする山笠人形に影響を受けながら、中心的な存在にあったのが中ノ子吉兵衛を祖とする土俗玩具人形である。嘉永年間(1848~54)の内裏雛制作で博多人形の存在は知られるようになった。
博多人形は現代的な風俗人形として変化し、土人形の域を脱して工芸的で高尚な作風の人形として変わっていったが、かたくなに博多人形の伝統的作風を守り続けているのが古博多人形である。博多人形師、四代目中ノ子勝美さんの手で現代も受け継がれていて、代表的な作品は花魁(おいらん)・義経・内裏雛・春駒などがあり九州地方にだけ見られる笠野才蔵は有名である。

●香川県、高松張り子 Kagawa, Takamatsu hariko
高松で人形が作り始められたのは藩政時代末期といわれているが、確かな証するものがない為定かなことはわからないが、京都の伏見土人形や大阪の張り子の技術が伝えられたものである。 102才まで張り子を作り続けた宮内ふさは郷玩具界の最長老として話題を集めたが、今では娘のまさえさんの手で制作されています。
代表作は「ほうこうさん」で、こけしの様に手足のない円筒形の張り子人形で頭部が少しくびれ、丸顔でお下げ髮の少女の顔が描かれている。その他、嫁入り人形で狆鯛・鯛えびすは昭和34年の年賀切手の図案にも採用され、よく知られた作品の一つである。

●広島県、常石張り子 Hiroshima : Tsuneishi Hariko
初代宮本久平が明治20年頃から土人形で始めたものだが、土地柄が不便で運送の度に破損が出る事から、張り子人形にかえた。三次や三原土人形を原型に、全体的に丸味をもたせた作りと、とぼけた表情に味があり色彩に工夫わこらしている。
代表作に八垣姫・おいらん・立娘など・・・三代目の宮本嘉孝さんは平成3年、年賀切手の図案に張り子人形が採用されました。
There is also a Daruma-mochi Musume　だるま持ち娘 from the craftsman in the third generation, a papermachee doll of a girl holding Daruma on her left shoulder.
. . . CLICK here for Photos of Tsuneishi Hariko!

●京都、伏見土人形 Kyoto Fushimi Ningyo
土人形の中で最も古い歴史をもつ伏見人形は、伏見稲荷大社の祭祀用土器をはじめ、日曜雑器を附近の良質の土で焼くようになり、やがて土器から土人形作りへと発展していった。
また、天正年間(1573~92)豊臣秀吉の伏見築城にさいし、城の屋根瓦職人を播州や河内から集め、深草の地で瓦焼を始めさせた。これらの職人の手遊びに作り出されたのが、伏見人形のはじまりと言われております。

●岡山県、倉敷張り子 Okayama, Kurashiki hariko
伝統的な倉敷張り子は、四代目の生水幹一さんと長男の洋次さん、二男の哲男さん親子で制作している。
代表的作品は飾り虎や節供飾り用の昇り猿がある。また、古くから伝わるものに素隠居面がある。幹一さんの創作で十二支を張り子にしたもので、昭和6年の年賀切手にも採用されている。

●埼玉県、春日部張り子 Saitama Kasukabe hariko
春日部張り子の制作者、五十嵐健二さんは昭和42年、脱サラの張り子職人である。
現在、型だけでも800種以上あり、多いのが豆だるま100種、猫50種、雛人形10種など作品は新作が多い中、旧作のコピーも上手で廃絶した張り子復元などにも手がけています。又、全国張り子人形の歴史の本の執筆も行い、書店で一冊3500円で販売しています。

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Clay Doll Museum

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Kokeshi (5) with Kokeshi

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Daruma Kokeshi holding other Daruma

under construction

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Read about various types of Kokeshi, start with part 1
Kokeshi (1) こけし

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Kokeshi Collection (4)

2005-03-04T02:56:00.000-08:00

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Kokeshi, wooden dolls from North Japan
こけし、北日本の宝物. Collecting more...

http://www.chuokai-miyagi.or.jp/~kokeshi/img/i_index2_e.jpg

Read my three stories about Kokeshi, start here:
Kokeshi (1) こけし
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In the following, I will show you the updates of my Daruma Kokeshi Collection　from various Internet sources.

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Kokeshi, with Okame, three. こけし　おかめ
http://blog.livedoor.jp/gabigreve2000/archives/29405772.html

Kokeshi, double decker two facesこけし、二人
http://blog.livedoor.jp/gabigreve2000/archives/29406228.html

Nakanosawa Two
http://blog.livedoor.jp/gabigreve2000/archives/18077687.html

Tokuju, Nakanosawa
http://blog.livedoor.jp/gabigreve2000/archives/18078218.html

Kokeshi on a drum
http://blog.livedoor.jp/gabigreve2000/archives/20382880.html

Kokeshi on takarabune
http://blog.livedoor.jp/gabigreve2000/archives/20383270.html

Kokeshi toddlers with hime Daruma
http://blog.livedoor.jp/gabigreve2000/archives/20384683.html

dice in box. Bakuchi
http://blog.livedoor.jp/gabigreve2000/archives/24786793.html

Kokeshi with beard
http://blog.livedoor.jp/gabigreve2000/archives/24787503.html

Senryoobako, on a box for 1000 gold pieces of money　千両箱
http://blog.livedoor.jp/gabigreve2000/archives/25913984.html

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Look at my kokeshi album.
A virtual collection from the WWW.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gabigreve2000/sets/72157600520229685/

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kokeshi with eight colored little Daruma !

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