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Fukusuke 福助だるま
He is almost like a god, helping people to make good business.
It is the figure of a man seated on his knees on a cushion, with a big round shaven head.
The origin was a god of good luck (fuku no kami) called Kanoo Fukusuke 叶福助 in Edo.
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Fukusuke would grant a wish (kanoo, kanaeru 叶える) and was popular with the tea shops and courtisans.
睦まじう夫婦仲よく見る品は不老富貴に叶う福助
Fukusuke would also bring long life and prosperity to a loving couple.
A model was probably the farmer Sataro from Settsu province 摂津国西成郡安部里の佐太郎 in 1802, who did not only live long but was of a small body with a large head (probably from a disease) and often the aim of people's laughter. He went off to Edo for a better life, got caught by a dealer (in human beings) near Odawara and was made a showpiece in a curio show in Kamakura, and later brought to Edo.
A disabled person was a fugu suke ふぐ【不具】, later read as Fukusuke, FUKU being a pun with "good luck".
A certain noble Hatamoto bought Fukusuke from his owner for 30 ryo of gold and gave him to his daughter as a playmate. The new owner family prospered and Fukusuke was able to marry the servant of the home, Risa りさ.
They started a small shop in Nagai-Cho and sold Fukakusa yaki 深草焼 pottery. He even made dolls of his own figure and sold them for good luck items.
Well, that is quite a story of a long, eventfull life of a disabled person!
The original might also have been a merchant of Kyoto during the Edo period, who sold cloths.His ears are quite big (fukumimi).
His wife is O-Fuku (Ofuku お福、O-Tafuku, Otafukuお多福) and his dauther is a Fukumusume 福娘. (but only in the curio shops).
He sits at the entrance of the store and welcomes visitors with a deep bow.
おじぎ福助 ojigi Fukusuke
Gott der Händler. Puppe mit großem Kopf.
. Daruma Museum
Fukakusa-yaki 深草焼, Clay Dolls from Fukakusa
To our day, there is a store in Tokyo selling tabi socks with a big toe.
Tsujimoto Fukumatsu established the Fukusuke Tabi company in 1885.
English Reference Fukusuke Tabi
Fukusuke is also the name of a type of chrysanthemum
Fukusukegiku 福助菊
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Fukusuke with a family crest of radishes
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Fukusuke as a baby
like a Daruma Doll
Daruma Museum : Otafuku, O-Fuku Daruma
お多福だるま、お福達磨, お福だるま
Fukusuke, Daruma and
other auspicious items for the New Year
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Fukusuke on a spring horse 春駒持ち福助
© PHOTO : Nakamura Sakuo
© Reference
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福助のお辞儀は永遠に雪が降る
Fukusuke no o-jigi wa towa ni yuki ga furu
the servile bow of Fukusuke
is with us for ever . . .
it is snowing
鳥居真理子 Torii Mariko (Torii) (1948 - )
. WKD : Gendai . Modern Haiku
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