Daruma doll
The Daruma (達磨, daruma) doll is a hollow, round, traditional Japanese doll. It is modeled after Bodhidharma, the founder of the Zen sect of Buddhism.[1]
The Daruma dolls are a kind of toy (omocha). The Daruma figurine is also a tumbler doll or roly-poly toy. When the doll is tumbled about, it rights itself. The two were well recognized as synonymous by the mid-19th century. Today, Daruma dolls are widely known, regardless of religion or sect.
Most daruma dolls are made of papier mache, and weighted at the bottom so the doll stands. The dolls are typically painted red. Darumas are sold with the eyes being white. Most daruma dolls are made in Takasaki City at the center of Japan. A fair is held in early January every year for the sale of darumas. Daruma dolls are symbols of good luck and business prosperity.[2]
Daruma eyes
Dolls are sold without the eyes painted in. The custom is to make a resolution or a wish and darken the left eye of the daruma.[3] When the resolution or the wish is fulfilled, the right eye is also darkened.[4] This custom is seen widely today especially in the case of election or entrance examination in.
Daruma Doll Media
- Daruma doll, cut out, 03.jpg
Daruma doll, cut out, facing straight. The characters on its chest read 福入 (fuku-iri), which translates as "let luck in" (thanks to Curly Turkey for the translation).
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Bodhidharma, woodblock print by Yoshitoshi, 1887
- Maneki-Neko and Okiagari-Koboshi Daruma Edo Period.jpg
A wooden mold for a papier-mâché Maneki-neko and Okiagari-Koboshi Daruma figure from the Edo Period, 18th century. Brooklyn Museum.
- Hirokage - Comic Incidents at Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho dôke zukushi), No. 22, dog stealing a workman's meal from a snow Daruma.jpg
No. 22, Snow in Front of the Official Storehouses by Hirokage
- Triangle Darumas.jpg
Image of two Triangle (Sankaku) Daruma dolls created c. 1986 by Tokushiro Imai (1895-1995), who revived the art form in 1956 with an original whimsical facial design.
- Neonpink-daruma-ibaraki-japan-sept22-2015.jpg
Non-traditional neon pink Daruma dolls in Ibaraki.
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A daruma doll with one eye filled in for wishing
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Dairyuji (Gifu) 大龍寺 (岐阜市)（w:ja:大龍寺 (岐阜市)）,Gifu,Gifu,Japan（岐阜県岐阜市）で撮影。
Daruma Otoshi. The Daruma character, hammer and rainbow-colored pieces.
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- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Bodai-Daruma" Japan Encyclopedia, p. 79.
- ↑ About Daruma Dolls
- ↑ Japan Atlas, Takasaki Daruma. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
- ↑ "Japan: The Right Eye of Daruma," Archived 2011-12-14 at the Wayback Machine Time. February 10, 1967. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
