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）



The big red one is the Mother, the blue one the Father and the little white one the child.
Thus the Daruma family represents kaka denka　かか天下 where mother has the saying to keep the family in harmony.







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
source : 風邪のコリドー


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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　.

Daruma Museum

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Bread (pan)

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Daruma Bread だるまパン Daruma pan



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Sold at the shrine Hoshitsuji Jinja, Daruma festival
星辻神社のだるま祭り
川反ダルマまつり Kawabata Daruma festival
Akita 秋田市大町1丁目
on April 12/13

The deity of this shrine protects from fire and catching a cold, and usually on the festival day rain is falling.

北斗七星 the big dipper is ment by the name Hoshitsuji.


A wafer with Daruma だるまもなか Daruma monaka





monaka manjuu chazuke 最中まんじゅうの茶づけ with Daruma san !


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Here is a special omamori talisman from the shrine
The character for STAR 星 is written on the head of Daruma.
Hoshitsuji Daruma 星辻だるま
Hibuse Daruma 火伏せだるま warding off fire





Poster for the festival



Reference : 星辻神社・川反ダルマまつり


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Pizza Pan Bread to pass the examination
合格だるまブレッド

ピッツァブレッド Pizzabread

source : www.nipponham.co.jp


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Pink Daruma Bread
Bread for good luck 縁起パン engi pan


Wonderful Daruma Bread Face

source : www.tincarbell.com




Pan and Yukidaruma pan ゆきだるまパン snowman Daruma bread


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Daruma Monaka だるま最中 Daruma Waffles


shiawase monaka しあわせもなか　Happiness Monaka
上州銘菓


Handmade from Takasaki 「高崎だるま手作最中」




Sankaku Daruma 三角だるま monaka
Triangular conical Daruma

Inside is shiroan, shiro-an (白餡) white anko, made from white kidney beans.


水原名物


SANKAKU DARUMA 三角だるま Triangular Daruma


. ふくらすずめ 最中 plump sparrow wafer


WASHOKU
Monaka 最中　モナカ　wafers, waffles


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Hibuse Daruma ... 火防達磨 Fire and war preventing Daruma.

Matsuri, Daruma Matsuri ... だるま祭り ... Daruma Festivals

Star Shrines .. Hoshi Jinja


WASHOKU
Food with Daruma

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Tenbin scales

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Pair of scales 天秤 Tenbin Daruma

だるま天秤



Photo from my friend Ishino.

The arm is about 14 cm long, but it comes in different sizes.
From Misaki 美咲 (misaki) company.

An old item for fishermen.


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source :　hiragoms/syoumen.html
両替商当時の天秤

scales of a money changer in Edo


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During Matsuo Basho’s youth, Edo city is in the process of rapid economic growth. In 1672, Basho dared to move to Edo, ambitious to become a haiku master with great popularity. At this time, Basho wrote a haiku praising the prosperity of two Japanese capitals: Edo and Kyoto.

天秤や京江戸かけて千代の春
tenbin ya Kyô Edo kakete chiyo no haru
(1676)

On the giant scales
Kyô and Edo balance
spring of one thousand years
Tr. Natsuishi

In Edo where Basho was residing, a Kabuki actor Danjuro Ichikawa (1660-1704) made his flashy debut in 1673. In 1677, “Edo Suzume”, a guidebook of Edo sites, illustrated by an ukiyo-e painter Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) was published. Commercial wealth and a growing chônin (bourgeois) population gave birth to a lively and gorgeous culture in big cities: Osaka, Kyoto and Edo.
“Tenbin” (scales) in the above haiku suggests money changer’s prosperous activity. So, the haiku shows us that Basho, free from worry and hesitation, was sympathized with the urban atmosphere of Edo under economic and cultural development. Basho’s rhetoric is bold enough to make up “the giant scales” which weighs Kyoto and Edo. His bold rhetoric was directly related to the expanding urbanism of Edo.

. Ban’ya Natsuishi and Matsuo Basho .


Written in 延宝4年, Basho age 33.


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During Basho’s youth, Edo city is in the process of rapid economic growth.
In 1672, Basho dared to move to Edo, ambitious to become a haiku master with great popularity. At this time, Basho wrote a haiku praising the prosperity of two Japanese capitals: Edo and Kyoto.

天秤や京江戸かけて千代の春
tenbin ya Kyoo Edo kakete chiyo no haru

Kyoto and Edo,
Calmly balanced on a scale,
Forever in spring.
Tr. Yuasa

. - Edo 江戸 the Castle Town - and Basho .


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天秤を跳ねておまけの次郎柿
tenbin o hanete omake no jiroogaki

the scales jump
and the price goes down a bit
for Jirogaki persimmons

Andoo 安藤馬城生 Ando san

. jiroogaki次郎柿 Jirogaki persimmons .




魚屋や天秤棒で門の柿
sakanaya ya tenbinboo de mon no kaki

the fishmonger -
with his long pole
(hitting) persimmons near the gate

Hara Gesshuu 原月舟 Hara Gesshu


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. tenbinboo　天秤棒 pole of a street vendor .
furiuri, furi-uri 振売 peddlers, street vendors


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Darumaru Gunma

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Darumaru from Gunma

Darumaru is the campaign character to lure tourists to Gunma prefecture.
だるまる




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He carries the symbol for hot springs on his belly.







Darumaruma だるまるま



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Darumaruma keyholder





He also comes on Jomo Karuta (Joomoo Karuta)
上毛かるた




Takasaki and Gunma Daruma

Takasaki Town Mascot ... 高崎だるま "たか丸"
(his first version)
and Jomo Karuta (Joomoo Karuta)

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. Takasaki Daruma Dolls 高崎だるま 　


Daruma Museum

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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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Every Day is a Good Day

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Every Day is a Good Day

nichi nichi kore kōnichi (日々是好日)
nichi nichi kore koonichi
hibi kore koojitsu / kore yoki hi



A Japanese Zen Buddhist proverb at least 300 years old which means "Every day is a good day", or "All days are good days". It has been presented by some Zen masters (notably, Kodo-Sawaki and his disciple Taisen Deshimaru) as a kōan, that is, a statement that appears contradictory to rationality but that can be grasped through intuition.
It was a favorite saying of the avant-garde composer John Cage.
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !


Tag um Tag ist ein guter Tag




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Kōdō, Kodo Sawaki 沢木興道 Sawaki Kodo (1880 - 1965)
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Look here for many more beautiful calligraphy pieces.
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by Takagaki Kohei (Koohei)
高垣康平（たかがき　こうへい）
born 1935 in Gifu

source : 大瑠堂


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some day some way
in this life or another
every day is a good day

the sound of one foot
after the other

Chibi (Daruma Forum)


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. My Fusuma sliding door paintings . 　　



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USB memory

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USB Memory USBメモリー
「だるまさんの記憶」The memory of Daruma


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In January 2009, the company アクテブライズ Actbrise in Takasaki Town, Gunma, has launched a new USB memory with 2 GB in the form of a small Daruma sitting right beside your computer.
It is 55 mm high and weighs 30 g.





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Hamamatsu Market Kokuzo

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Hamamatsu Daruma Market 浜松だるま市

Kokuuzoo, Kokūzō and Daruma Market
浜松市の虚空蔵尊とだるま市

At the temple Kokuzo-Ji 虚空蔵寺 (Kokuuzooji)
宝的山蔵興寺


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A big Daruma

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Kokuzo Bosatsu 虚空蔵菩薩 Kokūzō
Akashagarbha Bodhisattva



Bodhisattva of Wisdom and Memory
Kokūzō is especially important to Japan’s Shingon sect of Esoteric Buddhism (Mikkyō 密教). Kokūzō symbolizes the "vast and boundless" Buddha wisdom that permeates the universe. Believers pray to Kokūzō to grant them wisdom on their quest toward enlightenment. In Japan, people also pray to Kokūzō to improve their memory, technical skills, and artistic talents.

Gumonjihō 求聞持法
Esoteric Rite to Improve One’s Memory
Morning Star Mantra, Kokūzō as the Morning Star

Five Great Kokūzō

Read more HERE
- Buddhist Deities - Mark Schumacher -



. Kokuuzoo Doo 虚空蔵堂 temple hall .
in Muramatsu, Ibaraki 村松

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Kokuuzoo Jinja 虚空蔵神社 shrine Kokuzo Jinja
Tono, Iwate

岩手県遠野市宮守町達曽部
Miyamoricho Tatsusobe, Tono

The date of its foundation is not clear. At the beginning of the steps leading up to the shrine is a stone memorial for mount Gassan 月山の石塔, near the torii gate are more monuments reminding of The Three Mountains of Dewa 出羽三山.
Maybe there was an influence of Tendai or Shingon Buddhism.

There is a saying in the Tendai scriptures, where the celestial elements of Sun, Moon and Stars are mentioned as the beginning and end of our life and wisdom.

生の始まりを知ろうと欲するなら日月星を知るべし。
生の終わりを知ろうと欲するなら日月星を仰ぐべし。

Fugen in this shrine is maybe seen as the deity of the star
Kinsei 金星 Venus

At the back of this shrine is mount Dogusoku Yama 胴具足山 (615 m).
Legends of the Abe clan 安倍一族 are many in this region. This clan also revered a shrine dedicated to the stars
星ノ宮神社 Hoshi no Miya Jinja .




source :　dostoev.exblog.jp - 遠野の不思議


. Tono Jisha Meguri　遠野寺社巡り　
temples and shrines in Tono, Iwate .
and
Abe no Sadato 安倍貞任 (1019 – 1062)

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There is one more 虚空蔵神社 in Akita, Yuzawa Hot Spring
秋田県アキタケン湯沢市ユザワシ皆瀬ミナセ畑等字上中ノ台71

- Deities in residence
Shin-Oo no Mikoto 神王尊 シンノウノミコト
Kamurogi no Mikoto 神漏岐尊 カムロギノミコト
Kamuromi no Mikoto 神漏美尊 カムロミノミコト

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Kamurogi, Kamuromi
Terms referring generically to male and female ancestral kami (sojin).
Examples can be found in the Shoku Nihongi, Engishiki, norito, Nakatominoyogoto, Hitachinokuni fudoki, Izumonokuni fudoki, Shoku Nihonkōki, and Kogoshūi. Commentators are agreed that the truncated kam means kami, while gi and mi refer, respectively, to male and female, but opinion is divided regarding the significance of the element ro.
Kamo no Mabuchi interpreted kamuro to mean divine king, with the result that he understood the terms as referring to emperor and empress. Motoori Norinaga added the concept of ancestral deity to Mabuchi's interpretation, claiming that the two referred to divine ancestral deities of the emperor and empress. In the most general sense, the deities can be understood as ancestral kami. When the two deities are mentioned individually, they refer respectively to male and female kami, and when mentioned jointly as a pair, they refer to ancestral kami as a whole.

Various suggestions have been made regarding to which specific kami these names might have originally referred. The Kogoshūi claims that the two refer to the kami of begetting, Takamimusuhi and Kamimusuhi, but Kamo no Mabuchi argues that the reference is broader, extending to all imperial ancestral kami. In contrast, Motoori understands the terms to refer to Takamimusuhi and Amaterasu. At present, the terms are believed to refer not to any specific kami, but to different beings in accordance with the context of the historical materials in which the terms are found.
- source : Endō Jun, Kokugakuin 2005

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Kokuzo is the last of these 13 deities:

. Jusanbutsu, Juusanbutsu 十三仏
１３ Protector Buddhas 　
Annual Temple Visit for Children
（juusanmairi 十三参り）




. Nine Stars Crest ... 九曜紋 ... Kuyoo Mon 　

4 Friday, Kokuuzoo Bosatsu
kinyoosei 金曜星（きんようせい、虚空蔵菩薩）（四緑木星）



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kigo for the New Year

. Hatsu Kokuuzoo 初虚空蔵 (はつこくうぞう)
First Kokuzo Ceremony 　　

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Aka-beko, akabeko 赤べこ the red cow

Akabeko is a famous cow amulet in the Aizu region of Japan.
Aka means "red" and beko is Aizu dialect for "cow."

The akabeko papier-mache cow is a popular souvenir from Fukushima Prefecture. According to local folklore, in the year 807 A.D., cows were used to haul materials to construct Enzoji 圓蔵寺(えんぞうじ Enzooji) temple in Yanaizu 柳津. The priest Tokuichi Daishi had started the building in 807. Since it is located high above the river, many cows had to be used to haul the boulders up to the site.
(Other legends tell of priest Gyoki as its founder, in 726. Gyoki carved the statue of Kokuzo to pray for peace and prosperity in the land. The side statues of Daikokuten and Bishamonten are said to be made by Kukai.)

When the temple was completed, one particular red cow refused to leave the site. Legend has it that the cow even turned to stone after having given its soul to the Buddha. The townspeople, duly impressed with the cow's loyalty and no doubt its ability to turn itself to stone, made small effigies of the cow, painted them red, and gave them to children as toys. Years later, when a bout of smallpox swept the country, the children who had these akabeko toys didn't get smallpox.

Enjoji holds one of the three famous statues of Kokuzo Bosatsu.
福満虚空蔵尊 Fukuman Kokuzon
Said to have been carved by Kobo Daishi himself.
After he finished the statue, he trew some wood chips in the river Tadami as offerings. Whow and behold, they turned into the delicious dace fish, nurrishing the people.

. Cows and Legends 　


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Read more :
. Engimono, little things for good luck 縁起物 　


The Kokuzo statue is one of the three famous statues in Japan.

Fukuman Kokuzoson at Enzoji in Yanaizu-machi, Fukushima Prefecture
霊巌山圓蔵寺（福満虚空蔵尊）


Yanaizu Fukuchiman Kokuzoson, Tsuyama-cho Yanaizu, Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture
柳津山宝性院（柳津福智満虚空蔵尊）


Shokoan Temple in Yanai City, Yamaguchi Prefecture

or

Hidakaji temple, Daiman Kokuzon
村松山日高寺（大満虚空蔵尊）Ibaragi prefecture


Kiyomizu temple, Noman Kokuzon
千光山清澄寺（能満虚空蔵尊）Chiba prefecture




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Kokuuzoo (Aakaashagarbha)
"Mutterschoß des leeren Raums".

Seine Weisheit und Tugend ist so grenzenlos wie der Weltraum. Verkörpert Einheit von Weisheit und Barmherzigkeit.
Entstand aus der Anbetung des Himmels.
Verkörpert die Theorie: Unendliches Glück und unendliche Weisheit sind in der Großen Leere das Gleiche.
In Japan seit dem 8. Jhd. bekannt. Erste Figuren in der Tempyoo-Zeit; als Paar mit Kannon Bosatsu beim Bau des Großen Buddhas im Tempel Toodaiji in Nara. Als Paar mit Jizoo Bosatsu ebenfalls in dieser Zeit häufig gefertigt. Dabei war Jizoo für die Hölle und Kokuuzoo für das Paradies zuständig.

KOKUU bedeutet "unübertroffen" und ZOO bedeutet "alle Schätze austeilen für die bedürftigen Menschen". Er verfügt über alle Schätze und sein Schatzhaus (zoo) ist das ganze All (kokuu). Im esoterischen Buddhismus auch als "Diamant-Schatzhaus" (Kongoozoo) oder "Diamant-Schatz" (Kongoohoo) bezeichnet.
Außerdem Spender besonderer Gedächtniskräfte. Bei dem Ritual zur Verbesserung der Gedächtniskräfte des eso~terischen Buddhismus "Gumonji-hoo" ist Kokuuzoo selbst der Hauptkultgegenstand. Die an ihn glaubenden Priester stellten bald viele Statuen und Bilder von ihm her. Dieses Ritual wurde von Kooboo Daishi besonders gepflegt.
(Im Japanischen heißt "auswendig" lernen: "aus dem Himmel lernen" (sora de oboeru).

Nummer 13 der 13 Buddhas der Totenrituale.
Seit der Edo-Zeit wurden Kinder beim 13. Geburtstag zu Tempeln des Kokuuzoo Bosatsu geführt (juusan mairi). Eigentlich sollte jedes Jahr einer der 13 Buddhas angebetet werden, dadurch verdienten die Tempel in der Edo-Zeit. Aber das wurde den Leuten in der Meiji-Zeit zu viel, so daß nur noch der zusammenfassende Tempelgang am 13. Geburtstag übrigblieb.
. Juusanbutsu 十三仏 　


Ikonografie:
Recht unterschiedliche Formen. Manchmal mit weiblichen Zügen.
Hohe Krone mit fünf Weisheitsbuddhas. In der rechten Hand das Schwert der Lehre, in der linken eine Lotusblüte; manchmal auch eine Sutrarolle oder das wunscherfüllende Juwel.
Sitzende Statuen im halben Lotussitz (Nara-Zeit) oder mit einem Bein über den Sockel hängend (ab Heian-Zeit).

Besondere Statuen:


Fünf Kokuuzoo Bosatsu (Godai Kokuuzoo Bosatsu)
Entsprechend den fünf Weisheitsbuddhas. 五大虚空蔵
Zur weiten Verbreitung von Tugenden und Hilfen in alle Himmels~richtungen. Vertreibung von Feinden und sichere Geburt.
Seit der Heian-Zeit besonders in der Shingon-Sekte verehrt.

Fünf Bosatsu-Statuen auf fünf Tieren sitzend oder auf einem Lotussockel.
Tiere: in der Mitte: Löwe, im Osten: Elefant, im Süden: Pferd, im Westen: Pfau und im Norden: Garuda-Vogel.
Donnerkeil mit einem oder drei Zacken an einer langen Stange in der linken Hand. Hohe Krone mit den fünf Weisheitsbuddhas.

Mitte: Weiß - Hokkai - Gedatsu - Chie Kokuuzoo
Osten: Gelb - Kongô - Fukutoku - Aikyoo - Fukuchi Kokuuzoo
Süden: Grün - Hôkô - Nôman - Kani Kokuuzoo
West: Rot - Renge - Segan - Nooman Kokuuzoo
Nord: Schwarz - Gôyû (Gôyô) - Muku - Fukutoku Kokuuzoo.


.Buddhastatuen ... Who is Who 　　

Ein Wegweiser zur Ikonografie
von japanischen Buddhastatuen
Gabi Greve, 1994

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Hamamatsu hariko 浜松張り子 papermachee dolls
Hamamatsu (lit. Pine Tree on the Beach") is a town in western Shizuoka.

They were quite popular since the early Meiji period and many humorous figures were included, like the monkey on a persimmon.
During WW II, most of the wooden forms were lost, but they were re-made soon to continue this special tradition of papermachee dolls.


Futabashi San Workshop 二橋さん



tora hariko　虎張り子 papermachee tiger



Hamamatsu hariko 浜松張り子 papermachee dolls
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. Shizuoka Folk Art - 静岡県　 .

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. Legends about Kokuzo Bosatsu .

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