Norakuro Daruma

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Designer Daruma

Designer Dharma



Oni (demon) daruma,
a Jack O' daruma, and
a kappa (water goblin) daruma.

handcrafted by Shin Tsuzuki 都筑信(つづきしん Tsuzuki Shin)
a former assistant to manga-ka Suihō Tagawa, creator of the prewar classic Norakuro. Tsuzuki takes regular daruma, sands the features down, adds more paper-maché, and repaints them to create one-of-a-kind customs.



Yukidaruma Snowman



Sea lion



Mosaic



Alien エーリエンだるま

© PHOTO :　altjapan.typepad.com


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Norakuro
Norakuro (のらくろ) is a Japanese manga and anime created by Suihō Tagawa. The central character, Norakuro, or Norakuro-kun, is a black and white dog. The name Norakuro is an abbreviation of norainu (野良犬, stray dog) and Kurokichi (黒吉, the name of the dog, literally meaning "black lucky").

Norakuro strongly influenced Machiko Hasegawa, the author of Sazae-san, who apprenticed with its author Suihō Tagawa.

There is an excerpt that appears in the sixth Kramer's Ergot comics anthology which is the only example of Tagawa's work published in English.
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Design and Daruma

Designer Daruma Papermachee Doll デザイナーズだるま

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