Bonji Daruma Sanskrit

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Bonji Daruma 梵字だるま with sanskrit letters





Temple Jindai-ji　深大寺 and Sanskrit eyes for Daruma 　


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Collection
For my friends at Mandala Oasis


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bonji mandara 梵字曼陀羅 bonji mandala,
written with sanskrit letters
梵字マンダラ


成就文字(梵字)般若心経
Heart Sutra written as a mandala with sanskrit letters


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Hanya Shingyo 般若心経　Heart Sutra　
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Jewellery
金剛界梵字マンダラ
Diamant world mandala





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胎蔵界曼荼羅



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sticker for your car


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Sanmaya Mandala 三昧耶曼荼羅
Deities represented by symbolic objects, some of them in the form of Sanskrit letters






Shuji Mandala 種字曼荼羅 or
Hoo Mandala 法曼荼羅 "Buddhist Law Mandala"
Deities represented by Sanskrit seed syllables
biijaakushara ビージャークシャラ





金剛界種字曼荼羅 Diamant World Mandala


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七観音の種字
Seven Kannon Sylables



Fukuu Kensaku ..Batoo ..Jundei ..Sho ...Senju . Juuichimen ..Nyoi

... ... ... Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩


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Mark Schumacher on the subject

. MANDALA or MANDARA 曼荼羅 . 　

Mandala Intro
Mandala Quick Guide
Mandala A-to-Z Glossary
Mandala Dieties Dictionary


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My Mandala and Labyrinth Collection


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Regent hairstyle

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Regent hairstyle リーゼント(スタイル)
"Regent Daruma" リーゼントだるま






The Regent Hairstyle in Japan
The hair is kept in place with a lot of pomade and wax.
It got its Japanese name from the Regent street in London, where it was often seen.




gure Daruma ぐれダルマ

デザイナー: 現代美術二等兵

On his belly there is the Chinese character for

bad　悪 　aku

It comes in many varieties, even as a piggy bank.



Gure Daruma in Black 黒ぐれダルマ


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Pompadour
is a style of haircut which takes its name from Madame de Pompadour.

The pompadour was a fashion trend in the 1950s among male rockabilly artists and actors.
In recent years the pompadour hair style has been adopted by those enamoured with vintage culture of the late 50s and early 1960s that includes antique cars, hot rods, American folk music, rockabilly bands, and Elvis Presley.

In modern Japanese popular culture, the pompadour is a stereotypical hairstyle often worn by gang members, thugs, members of the yakuza and its junior counterpart bōsōzoku, and other similar groups such as the yankii (high-school hoodlums).
In Japan the style is known as the "Regent" hairstyle, and is often caricatured in various forms of entertainment media such as anime, manga, television, and music videos.

A pompadour is often created by combing the sides of the hair back, while fanning the top of the hair forward and curling over itself. There are numerous ways to sculpt a pompadour. Some only curl the front few inches of their hair up, while others comb their hair back and use their hands to "push" it into its desired place.
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ponpa ポンパ pompa
the hairstyle for girls, like Madame Pompadour
Marquise de Pompadour,
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson、（1721―64）
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Zenringai Hirosaki

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Zenringai Temple Area in Hirosaki
禅林街 / 禅林三十三ヶ寺



This is a park-like area, where 33 Zen-temples are located in the town of Hirosaki. They are supposed to protect the castle of Hirosaki, which is famous for its late cherry blossoms.

This historic area, the former "Nakamachi", was the living quaters of the samurai of the Tsugaru clan. There are still many traditional buildings left.
You can enter through the Black Gate, Kuromon　黒門 or the Red Gate, Akamon 赤門.
Walk along uwatera doori 上寺通り（うわでら）or shitadera doori 下寺(したでら）通り.
http://homepage1.nifty.com/ja7bal/zenrin.htm




The historic site of historic site of temple Choshoji (Chooshoo-ji) 長勝寺 is included.
This temple was the official temple of the Tsugaru domain.
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Hirosaki Castel in spring 弘前城の桜



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H A I K U





禅林に石の声聞き達磨の忌
zenrin ni ishi no koe kiki Daruma ki

at the Zenrin park
I listen to the voice of stones -
Daruma memorial day

Moriwaki Teiko 森脇貞子
Tr. Gabi Greve


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Hirosaki Daruma 弘前だるま


. Ringo Daruma as an apple 林檎達磨



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. Daruma Memorial Day 達磨忌 　


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Triangular Daruma Sankaku

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

The Daruma with a sharply pointed head, called “Triangle Daruma” (sankaku Daruma) is a clay doll produced in Northern Japan in the province of Echigo, village of Suibara.(水原)。
新潟県水原（すいばら）





This is a real roly-poly doll with a special weight at the bottom.

In 1806, the first generation Imai Denjuuroo started making these dolls in the tradition of clay dolls from - Fushimi - Kyoto with the colors mixed with laquer.

famous Imai Tokujiroo of Suibara in Niigata Prefecture. He passed away when he was almost 100 years old.

The Family Imai is now in the eights generation producing this funny Daruma. It has become a standard present in this area for a wedding and at the birth of a child.

Some of these dolls are now also made in other areas and also of other materials, like paper or wood.
The paining of the face is a simple dot eyes, dot-nose and mouth-line, and is quite humorous.


There are a few varieties of these dolls in the Tohoku region, but their origin seems to be in Aizu Wakamatsu, Fukushima.

Since it is a strong symbol of getting up again (okiagari), it was well loved by the silk farmers, as an amulet to hope the silk worms would "get up" and produce a lot of thread.

Fishermen put it in their boats to "get up" when they were in a difficult position at sea.

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新潟の三角だるま From Niigata

越後の漁師たちの間では、昔から縁起物とされてきた


Since the bottom is heavy and the doll stands up allways, it is a good-luck charm for the local fishermen of Niigata, who “want to float a boat in need as fast as possible”, a play with the word “uki-agaru”, to get up, to float.

越後の三角ダルマは、

その独特の形から全国のダルマ玩具の中でも異色の存在だ。かつては高田、柏崎、見附今町など各地で作られていたらしい。「三角のオキアガリコボシというのは、180年くらい前からあったんですよ。それを先代が今の三角ダルマの姿にしたんです。」
　制作しているのは水原町山口にある今井家、通称「鳩屋」。現在、7代目伝三氏が当主である。初代今井伝十郎が人形作りを始めたのは、文化年間(1806)という。山口人形は京都伏見人形の流れを汲む土人形で、粘土で型を作って丸一日焼き、漆を混ぜた絵の具を塗ったもの。時代の流れにつれ色彩に工夫がこらされ、素朴な中にも郷土色の濃い芸術作品として、生まれ変わってきた。
　6代目徳四郎のとき、戦争などの理由で製作が中断されたが、昭和31年に地元水原町の力強い支援を受けて、製作を再開。三角ダルマの名が天下に響くこととなった。「ひょうきんな表情が魅力でね。縁起物だから、結婚式や出産の祝につきものだった。こういうおもちゃ、今は少なくなってきたね」。伝三氏は父の意思を継ぎ、退職した12,3年程前から手伝い始めたという。現在、8代目の和博氏が後継者として修行中だ。
　郷土玩具は土地土地の生活風俗や、祖先の願いを反映して作られてきたもの。三角ダルマも味わいのある玩具として、水原の人々に愛され、育てられてきた。その表情を見ていると、手作りの愛情が伝わってきそうだ。


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The famous Zen priest Ryookan (Ryokan) also painted a triangular Daruma.


source : shinzos10.cocolog-nifty.com


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by Masaaki.K
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Local dolls from Niigata.

On the first picture you can easily recognize our triangular Daruma, one with a simple face and a small one with eyebrows and beard and stripes on the long head. These Daruma are also called “Tsuno-n-gyoo” (Dolls with a horn) or “okorobi” (the falling-down doll).

この地方では三角だるまのことを、「つのんぎょう」「おころび」などと呼んでいます



source : www.asahi-net.or.jp



and with a cat doll from Echigo


source : momoten


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Shiori, bookmark with Niigata Daruma
新潟水原のだるまは円錐形の特異な形

On a page of a collector of bookmarks (shiori) there is also a nice one with our triangular Daruma. It is a woodblockprint with two of our friends.


source : sibainu63/siori-9.


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　WASHOKU
Daruma Monaka だるま最中 Daruma Waffles 　
in the form of our Sankaku Daruma 三角だるま Triangular Daruma


. Folk Toys from Niigata .


. Japan after the BIG earthquake March 11, 2011　.

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Karimaruya Design Daruma
かりまる屋



source : かりまる オリジナルグッズ


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WKD - Black Daruma - charcoal

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Black Daruma 黒字の炭だるま

made with coal coating




白河のだるまの意匠は松平定信公お抱えの絵師・谷文晁（たにぶんちょう）が考案したものと伝えられ、マユは鶴が飛ぶ姿に、ヒゲは亀に、ビンやアゴヒゲは松竹梅に見立てています。かつては目を入れて売られていましたが、今は願い事が叶うと瞳を入れる「だるま」になりました。
source : ysp.gr.jp


sumi Daruma 炭だるま charcoal Daruma
Made with the wish for writing black figures in your business.

A Daruma Doll in a traditional way, made of paper, but the final cover is a coating of charcoal (eco-powder) which is supposed to do the following things:

Minimize evil influnence of magnetic waves
Keeps things fresh
Effect of infrared wavelength
Effect of fresh wood air
Regulates heat
Odoeater




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. Charcoal Daruma from Nagano .


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ALL WINTER KIGO : COALS

sumi 炭 (すみ) charcoal
Holzkohle
mokutan 木炭（もくたん）charcoal
katazumi 堅炭（かたずみ）hard charcoal

shirozumi 白炭（しろずみ）white charcoal
often used in a decorative way for the tea ceremony
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yokoyamazumi 横山炭（よこやまずみ）a kind of white charcoal

binchoo 備長（びんちょう）special charcoal from Wakayama
..... binchootan 備長炭 binchotan charcoal from Wakayama
(see below)




hanazumi 花炭（はなずみ）flowers prepared as charcoal

suminaya 炭納屋（すみなや）shed for charcoal
sumi hiku 炭挽く（すみひく）sawing charcoal
konasumi 粉炭（こなずみ）fine coal, powder coal

sumikuzu 炭屑（すみくず）scraps of charcoal
sumi no ka 炭の香（すみのか）smell/fragrance of charcoal

Onozumi 小野炭（おのずみ）charcoal from the Ono area
Sakurazumi 佐倉炭（さくらずみ）charcoal from Sakura

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sumiuri, sumi-uri 炭売（すみうり）charcoal vendor, charcoal seller

炭売りの人をぬくめて身は寒し　
sumi uri no hito o nukumete mi wa samushi

the charcoal vendor
makes other people warm -
his own body cold　

anonymous from the Edo period

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sumibi 炭火 (すみび) charcoal fire
sumigashira 炭頭（すみがしら）smoldering charcoal
..... iburizumi 、燻り炭（いぶりずみ）
hanezumi 跳炭（はねずみ）scattering charcoal
..... hashirizumi 走炭（はしりずみ）
joo 尉（じょう）white ashes (from charcoal fire)
..... okorizumi おこり炭（おこりずみ）

uzumibi 埋火 (うずみび) "hidden fire"
..... ikebi いけ火（いけび）, ikezumiいけ炭（いけずみ）
Some charcoal is left under the ashes to smolder and provide a bit of warmth.

keshizumi 消炭 (けしずみ) extinguishing the fire
..... keshizumi 消え炭（きえずみ）, ukizumi 浮炭（うきずみ）, keshioki消燠（けしおき）, hikeshitsubo 火消壺（ひけしつぼ） pot to extinguish a fire
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Gefäß, das über ein Holzkohlefeuer gestülpt wird, um es zu löschen.




fukube, looks like Daruma san

sumitori 炭斗 (すみとり) basket to carry charcoals
..... sumitori 炭取（すみとり）
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sumikago 炭籠（すみかご）, sumibitsu炭櫃（すびつ）
sumihisago (hisago) 炭瓢（すみひさご）
sumifukube 炭ふくべ（すみふくべ）coal carrier in the form of a gourd
ubu 烏府（うふ）ubu coal carrier
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juunoo 十能（じゅうのう）metal ladle for carrying coals
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sumibako 炭箱（すみばこ） box with charcoals



sumidawara 炭俵 (すみだわら) sack for wrapping charcoal
..... sumigamasu 炭叺（すみがます）, sumisugo 炭すご（すみすご）, datsu だつ
sack for charcoal



tadon 炭団 (たどん/ tandon たんどん ) charcoal briquette
tadon hooshi 炭団法師（たどんほうし） producer of briquettes
tadondama 炭団玉（たどんだま）round briquette
tadon hosu 炭団干す（たどんほす）to dry briquettes
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Brickett


sekitan 石炭 (せきたん) coal, hard coal
..... tan たん、ishizumi いしずみ
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goheita 五平太（ごへいた）Kyushu dialect. Named after one Koheita, who first dug it out of the ground in Kita Kyushu.
iwaki 岩木（いわき）"cliff stone" type of coal


rentan 煉炭 (れんたん) small charcoal briquet, briquette
rentan hibachi 煉炭火鉢（れんたんひばち）brazier for small briquettes


mametan 豆炭（まめたん）"small briquette" like an egg
Often used for the small burners for grilling fish and vegetables.
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Eierbrikett


. Hibachi, Braziers 火鉢　 . Japan

. Jiko (brazier) and makaa (charcoal) . Kenya

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. sumiyaki 炭焼 (すみやき) making charcoal 　
a KIGO list


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Binchō-tan or white charcoal
or binchō-zumi (備長炭) is a traditional charcoal of Japan. It dates to the Edo period, when during the Genroku era, a craftsman named Bitchū-ya Chōzaemon (備中屋 長左衛門) began to produce it in Tanabe, Wakayama. The raw material is oak, specifically ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides), now the official tree of Wakayama Prefecture. Wakayama continues to be a major producer of high-quality charcoal, with the town of Minabe, Wakayama producing more binchō-tan than any other town in Japan.

The fineness and high quality of binchō-tan are attributed to steaming at high temperatures. Although it is often thought that binchō-tan burns hot, it actually burns at a lower temperature than ordinary charcoal but for a longer period of time. Because it does not release smoke or other unpleasant flavors, it is a favorite of unagi and yakitori cooks. Due to difficulties in identifying the producing region, the name binchō-tan has come into broader use to designate white charcoal generally, and even products from outside Japan, as well as those made of other species, have come to use the name. The amount of binchō-tan sold domestically in Japan markedly decreased following a 2004 export restriction promulgated for forest protection by the People's Republic of China.

To differentiate the aforementioned "non-pure" products, there is a movement to call binchō-tan produced in Wakayama Kishū binchō-tan.

Binchō-tan has found uses other than as a fuel. Because it has numerous small pores, it can absorb chemical substances. Bits can be added to rice during cooking to remove chalky flavor, placed in shoe-cabinets to absorb odors, and put in rooms to freshen the air. There are many more supposed benefits and health values of white charcoal. Currently there are a number of binchō-tan-based consumer products on the market such as socks, shirts, shampoo, cosmetic products, and many more.
Binchō-tan or white charcoal is harder than black charcoal, and rings with a metallic sound when struck. Wind chimes and a musical instrument, the tankin ("charcoal-xylophone") have been made from it.
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Reference : Binchotan



備長炭枕すがしき虫の秋　　
binchootan makura sugashiki mushi no aki

my pillow of charcoal
just so refreshing -
autumn of the insects　
(tr. Gabi Greve)

Yooko 葉子
Insects and Kigo




尉厚く被てゐて春の備長炭
joo atsuku kisete iru haru no binchootan

the white ashes
cover it thickly -
bincho coals in spring

Fuke Toshiko ふけとしこ (鎌の刃)
Tr. Gabi Greve


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Black Daruma with Child

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Yakiniku, beef grilled on binchotan charcoal


sumidawara amu 炭俵編む（すみだわらあむ）
making straw bags for charcoal
kigo for late autumn



Ash, ashes (hai) and related kigo


Check the WKD LIST of
. HUMANITY and Winter Kigo


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More kigo with black KURO

. kurogeta 黒北風 (くろぎた, kurogita) north wind in spring 　


. kuro mebaru 黒めばる（くろめばる）black rock fish
all spring　


. kuro suzumebachi 黒雀蜂（くろすずめばち）
black hornet 　
all spring


. kurohae, kuro-hae 黒南風 (くろはえ)
"black southern wind" 　
mid-summer


. kurogoma 黒胡麻（くろごま）black sesame 　
mid-autumn




. Kokutei 黒帝 Black Emperor 　
deity of black and winter


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WORLDWIDE

Ireland

"black ice"
which is the very dangerous condition of the roads, arising when it rains on a still-frozen surface.

The ice is not, of course, black, but transparent -- it is the black of the road surface that makes the ice invisible and causes many accidents.

Isabelle Prondzynski


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USA

black friday

the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, traditionally the beginning of the Christmas shopping season.
On this day, many retailers open very early, often at 4 a.m., or earlier, and offer promotional sales to kick off the shopping season, similar to Boxing Day sales in many commonwealth countries. Black Friday is not actually a holiday, but many employers give their employees the day off, increasing the number of potential shoppers. It has routinely been the busiest shopping day of the year since 2005 . . .
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sumi ningyoo 炭人形 dolls made from charcoal


from Tozawa village 戸沢村, Yamagata
Yaguchi dolls 矢口人形
Made from powder of paulownia coal.
A pun on words with the owl, fukuro
すみ福ろう（不苦労） fu kuroo - know no hardship
source :　yamagata-np.jp



. Suwa no Sumi Daruma 諏訪の炭だるま .
from Suwa town, Nagano



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. Black Dragon 黒龍 Kokuryu .

. Black Buddha Statues 黒仏 kurobotoke .


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Shogun Daruma Sanada

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Shogun Daruma 武将達磨

In memory of the samurai Sanada Yukimura 真田幸村.




Daruma Doll with the six mon coins on the front
武将達磨 Shogun Daruma




正絹真田紐ストラップ
pure silk strap for a cell phone
with Sanada Daruma




The town of Kudoyama 九度山 useses these goods fro promotion.


More about the
. Sanada himo 真田紐 Sanada-himo ribbon 　
flat, braided cotton cord



Sanada Goods 真田グッズ


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Sanada Masayuki (真田昌幸)
(1544 (1547?) - July 13, 1611) was a Japanese Sengoku period daimyo. He was the third son of Sanada Yukitaka, a vassal daimyo to the Takeda family in Shinano province. He is known as a master strategist. Sanada Nobuyuki and Sanada Yukimura were his sons.

Even though Masayuki was never able to expand his territories as well as other daimyo, he is nevertheless often considered a talented daimyo, doomed by misfortune and the inconvenient terrains which surrounded his home domain. Toyotomi Hideyoshi had called Masayuki a person whose inside did not match his outside, that his allegiance was fickle and not to be trusted. Nevertheless, it was exactly his drifting alliances that helped the Sanada clan survive the onslaught of hostile clans, and, since the Edo period, he has been more extolled than vilified.
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Sanada Saemon-no-Suke Yukimura
(真田 左衛門佐　幸村)
(Sanada Yukimura, 1567–June 3, 1615) was a Japanese samurai, second son of the Sengoku period daimyo Sanada Masayuki (1544-1611). His proper name was Sanada Nobushige (真田信繁), named after Takeda Shingen's younger brother Takeda Nobushige （武田信繁), who was a brave and respected warrior. Sanada Yukimura was called "A Hero who may appear once in hundred years" and "crimson demon of war", and Shimazu Tadatsune (島津忠恒, arguably the best performer in the invasion of Korea) called him the "number one warrior in Japan." ("日本一の兵", 兵 means soldier originally, but here it is read as "tsuwamono" which means samurai or warrior, so it is not appropriate to translate it as soldier.)

A legend says that Yukimura had ten heroes who took an active role at the battles of Osaka Castle. They were called the Sanada Ten Braves (真田十勇士, Sanada Jūyūshi), a group of ten ninja.

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Ten Ninja Handtowel



. Koodaiji 高台寺 Kodai-Ji . Kyoto
Nene prayed here for her husband, Hideyoshi.

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Roku Mon, rokumonsen,
six MON coins of old money,
an expression for the money you have to pay at the ferry over the river Sansu to the other world. Many Japanese kept roku mon under their pillow, just in case they die and needed it over night.

Here they are arranged as Japanese family crests. Roku Mon was the family crest of the famous samurai clan of the SANADA. Sanada Masayuki is expecially famous, because he fought bravely against Tokugawa Ieyasu.





rokumonsen and Haiku


. Sanzu no Kawa 三途の川 River Sanzu, on the way to hell .

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This year the long NHK tv drama "Ten Chi Jin" features some young samurai and more SHOGUN DARUMA 武将達磨 have appeared




Naoe Kanetsugu 直江兼続公
with the character AI 愛 on the helmet
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Taiko Hideyoshi 太閤秀吉公
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
豊臣秀吉（とよとみ　ひでよし）(1537 - 1598)

A daimyo in the Sengoku period who unified the political factions of Japan. He succeeded his former liege lord, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Sengoku period. The period of his rule is often called the Momoyama period, named after Hideyoshi's castle. He is noted for a number of cultural legacies, including the restriction that only members of the samurai class could bear arms. Hideyoshi is regarded as Japan's second "great unifier."
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February 2, 1536, or March 26, 1537 – September 18, 1598
Hashiba Hideyoshi


kigo for mid-autumn

Taikoo Ki 太閤忌 (たいこうき) Taiko Memorial Day
Hideyoshi Ki 秀吉忌（ひでよしき）Hideyoshi Memorial Day


. Memorial Days of Famous Poeple .

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春の日や日永の宿の霞酒
haru no hi ya hinaga no yado no kasumizake

sunshine in spring -
the cloudy ricewine
in a lodging on a long day


kasumizake, now nigorizake.

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鳴かぬなら　鳴かせてみせよう　ホトトギス
nakanu nara nakasete miseyoo hototogisu

If the bird does not sing,
I will make it sing!
Hototogisu



The famous comparison of three famous warlords
Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu
and their approach to make a cuckoo (hototogisu) sing:

Here is the famous story to shed light on the temperament of the three most famous warlords in Japanese history:
When confronted with a nightingale in a cage, which would not sing, each had his own approach to this situation.


. Hototogisu and the three warlords 　


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Kawagoe exhibition

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

The 32th exhibition

More than 100 pieces on display.



平成21年3月28日～5月10日
From March 28 till May 10

1 だるまの起源と変遷
2 埼玉県のだるま
(1) 川越だるま
(2) 越谷だるま
3 全国のだるま
4 創作だるま
5 だるまグッズ

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全国のたるま一堂

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


Daruma Museum

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Tanaka Iichiro

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田中偉一郎 (たなかいいちろう)
Tanaka Iichiroo, Tanaka Iichiro


© PHOTO : Tanaka Iichiro

Drop-eyed Daruma, 2002 - 06
Exhibition at Yuka Sasahara Gallery
http://www.yukasasaharagallery.com/



Gallery Caption
田中偉一郎｜TANAKA Iichiro

Born 1974, Aichi Prefecture


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Fukusuke

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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

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福助のお辞儀は永遠に雪が降る　　　
Fukusuke no o-jigi wa eien 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 - )

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source :　zenmaitarow

Fukusuke and O-Tafuku as kokeshi 福助 - お福こけし


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. Hi no yoojin 火の用心 fire prevention Fukusuke .


WASHOKU - Folk Toys and Food 　

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