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Spinning Top 独楽（コマ） koma

Turning round and round, like the four seasons, everything goes well. The spinning top is an auspicious symbol for a good harvest and the well-being of family and business.

I have quite a few spinning Daruma tops in my collection.


Darumakoma だるまこま



All kinds of spinning tops from Japan !
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A top, or spinning top, is a toy that can be spun on an axis, balancing on a point. This motion is produced by holding the axis firmly while pulling a string. An internal weight then rotates, producing an overall circular motion. The top is one of the oldest recognizable toys found on archaeological sites.

Besides toys, tops have also historically been used for gambling and prophecy. Some role-playing gamers still use tops to augment dice in generating randomized results; it is in this case referred to as a spinner. A thumbtack may also be made to spin on the same principles.

Spinning tops are thought to have originated in ancient Egypt about 1000 BC and examples of spinning tops have also been found in Greece dating from around 700 BC.

Japanese tops are considered some of the very best in the world with new and inventive designs coming out each year.
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !


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Daruma koma yellow 達磨独楽




Daruma koma red




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itobiki Darumakoma 糸引きだるまこま
with a long thread




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uranai Oyako Daruma for divination
占い親子ダルマ



We often use it to figure out who is doing the dishes after a party !


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uranai IROHA koma
いろはに独楽
The Japanese alphabet I RO HA NI is written.





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ategoma 当て独楽（コマ）to divine something
about 10 cm high and 6 cm wide

The numbers 1 to 6 are painted.






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ategoma Kokeshi Daruma
当て独楽 (こま) 　こけしだるま







and one more kokeshi, with a fierce look

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. uranai　占い fortune telling, divination .
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H A I K U

kigo for late autumn

beigoma (baigoma) べい独楽（べいごま）
spinning tops made from shells
Muschel-Kreisel
bai mawashi ばい廻し (ばいまわし / 海蠃廻し)

BAI are special conch shells that were used as spinning tops in the Edo period. The conches were opened and the inside filled with wax or lead to make them heavy. They were especially used befor the 9th day of the 9th month of the Chrysanthemum festival. This was not only a toy for children, even grownups enjoyed a game. Later the tops were made of metal. The top of an opponent has to be kicked out of the box or round.
Now these tops are also used during the New Year holidays.
A play of words with BAI, to come back to you manifold. 福が倍にくる

Here are more related KIGO
. Autumn ... Games as Kigo 　


kigo for the New Year

koma 独楽 (こま) spinning top
Kreisel
. Things done at the New Year 　


澄みきつて独楽の廻れり冬日和
sumikitte koma no mawareri fuyu biyori

such clearness
as the top spins around -
fine winter day

Tanaka Fuyuji 田中冬二 (1894 - 1980)
Tr. Gabi Greve

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独楽にまでうつる右利き左利き
koma ni made utsuru migi-kiki hidari-kiki

it even shows
when spinning tops - right-handed
left-handed

Takenaka Hekisuishi 竹中碧水史 (1029 - )
Tr. Gabi Greve

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独楽打ちの生き残りみな老いにけり
koma-uchi no ikinokori mina oi ni keri

even the winners
of spinning top games . . .
all are getting old

Yamanoue Kazuichi 山上和一
Tr. Gabi Greve

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kurukuru to koma no yoo ni genki de ne

round and round
like a spinning top -
stay healthy


A New Year haiga, written for a grandchild

Hisae no E-tegami
http://www.geocities.co.jp/PowderRoom-Lavender/9389/book_109.html

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a top spins -
pattern on the shell
of a snail

Elaine Andre
Joys of Japan, February 2012

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. hina matsuri 雛祭り Hina Doll Festival .
Girls Festival, March 3

komabina 独楽雛 hina dolls as spinning tops
so the children could play with them.
They come in small numbers or a full hina display.


source and more hina dolls :　edoya/ohinasama

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. Saga Folk Art - 　佐賀県　 - Karatsu .

Karatsu no koma 唐津の独楽
spinning tops from Karatsu
Karatsugoma 唐津独楽


source :　My favorite corner
kenkagoma 喧嘩独楽 spinning top for fighting
This is a toy for fighting hard by hitting the other person's top, thrown from above. Therefore it is made from strong local wood　マテバシイ mateba shii oak, Pasania edulis Makino.
It is decorated with red, blue and green stripes.
It is similar to the
. Yamegoma 八女独楽 spinning top from Yame .
from Fukuoka.

. kenka-goma けんかごま from Ume 宇目 .
Oita

. shii 椎 Shii oak - Castanopsis cuspidata - .

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. Miyagi Folk Art - 宮城県　　 - Osaki .
keibagoma, keiba no koma 競馬ごま "horse-race spinning top”
In the middle is a large spinning top with a long handle. Two smaller tops are spinning on its surface until one is thrown off and out.

and - from Kanagawa, Odawara 小田原
keigagoma are also called
chirachiragoma ちらちらごま "flimmering tops"
since the two or more smaller tips make your eyes flimmer.



- Look at more samples here:
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Ooyama-koma　大山こま Oyama Spinning Tops
Oyama top is a traditional toy made in the mountain area of Oyama, Isehara City, Kanagawa Pref.



Mt. Oyama has been worshipped by the local people since ancient days. In the middle of Edo period, when the religious faith in Mt. Oyama was at its peak, turners in this area began to make tops as a souvenir for the people who visited to worship Mt. Oyama, using abundant timbers and their traditional skills in turnery.
In Japan, a spinning top is associated with everything going round well, so a top is considered to be a lucky item to bring well-being of a family, success in business, and bumper crops. This simple and massive top with a history of 300 years is one of a few excellent examples of the toy that are still made with traditional skills. Its folkloric colored stripe patterns in harmony with the texture of wood give very homely impression.
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. Spinning tops from Yubara, Okayama .

. Sumo　相撲 　Sumo wrestling dolls .
sumoo koma 相撲コマ spinning tops with Sumo wrestlers

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. donkorogoma どんころ独楽 - Introduction
Donkoro spinning top for gambling .


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. Bakuchi 博打 Gambling Daruma Dice Holder .

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. Tokyo and Edo Folk Art .



Edo koma, Edo-koma　江戸独楽　spinning top from Edo / Tokyo

Three tops of different size are brought to spin on a special tray.
Street performances with spinning tops on a rope, a handfan or a sword blade were also popular in Edo.

kyokugoma, kyoku-goma 曲独楽　acrobatics with spinning tops


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Masaaki Hiroi
makes traditional super spinner (kyoku-goma) tops which are used by traditional spinning top jugglers for their professional performances. A very simple top but which needs highly trained craftsman to create the best balance and spinning movement.
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The 松井源水　Matsui Gensui family from Asakusa

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Matsui Gensui was a famous top spinner, equilibrist and juggler in Edo.


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In a later generation the family travelled to Europe, around 1867.



Gensui with his wife Hana, their daughters Mitsu and Saki.
From 1867 onwards he and his family performed travelled all over Europe, sometimes in the company of other artists, performing their astonishing array of tricks.
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. daidoogei 大道芸 Daidogei street performance in Edo .

. Asakusa 浅草 district in Edo .


komashi 独楽師 making spinning tops
Spinning tops became a well-loved hobby of the grown-ups in Edo since the Genroku period (1688 - 1704). It was also a means of boys to find boy-friends.
. nanshoku、danshoku 男色 homosexuality in Edo .
Since this was becomming too obvious, the Bakufu government banned spinning tops in the year 1701.
The children of Edo were only using beigoma, spinning tops made from shells.
Since 1830 spinning tops from metal were sold.
Making spinning tops of wood was a side-business in Edo. The wood was first roughly cut, then smoothed with a file. After applying some colors it was covered with wax and polished.
Some tops were attached to a rope and used like ヨーヨー Yo-yo.


source : driveplaza.com/special/onihei

They were most popular in Nagasaki and called
tsurigoma 釣り独楽　"fishing spinning tops"
or teguruma, te-guruma 手車 "hand wheel".


source : yamada.sailog.jp/weblog
teguruma uri 手車売り vendor of a "hand wheel" toy

. Edo shokunin 江戸の職人 Edo craftsmen .

. kendama けん玉 cup and ball and Yo-Yo .

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And one from Kawagoe, see the comments.

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a drunk tiger
on my road to happiness -
this long summer night



An amazing resource of spinning tops of all kinds
by 広井政昭作 Hiroi Masaaki (1935 - )
江戸独楽職人 広井政昭さん / 神奈川県海老名市上今泉1-16-1
- - - - - start exploring from here :
- source : park15.wakwak.com/~eohashi/hiroimokuji-
- even a special about 江戸 カラクリ独楽 Edo Karakuri Koma
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Piggy Bank

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Piggy Bank (chokin bako　　貯金箱)

This chokinbako is in form of some MASU, measures for rice grains.

masumasu 升ます ... is an expression for things getting better.


Photo from my friend Ishino.


Piggy Bank / more PHOTOS
Nr. 18, 19, 39 - 46, 54, 55,


. Masumasu Daruma 升々だるま measuring cup .

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Tanuki, the badger as piggy bank
about 20 cm high. Ceramics.


Photo from my friend Ishino.

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Photo from my friend Ishino.

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Set of small dolls as piggy bank






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chokintama 貯金玉
made from clay.
When it was full, you could ripp open a piece of paper that stuck on the bottom.
One in the form of an apple, the symbol of Tsugaru and Hirosaki. It has a little snake on the back, made in the year of the snake, and is about 10 cm high.

From Shimokawahara 下川原, Hirosaki town, Aomori


source : narumi/clinic/gangu


. Folk Toys of Aomori .

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. Miyauchi no Daruma piggy bank .
chokin tama 貯金玉

宮内のだるま. Nanyoo Town 南陽市, Yamagata
Nanyo is located close to the regional shrine of the Kumano worship, Kumano jinja 熊野神社. This Daruma is sold as a souvenir after visiting the shrine.
The craftsmen who make it are located in Ikeguro village 池黒地区.
They also make Ebisu, Daikoku, the seven gods of good luck in a boat and others.
In recent years, this production has stopped when the last craftsman died.
At the back of the Daruma there are the words

Luck comes to someone who smiles.
笑う門には福きたる

MORE
. Yamagata Folk Toys .


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source :　www.amazon.co.jp

陶器の貯金箱 まる福 だるま Pottery Daruma Piggy Bank

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Piggybank album

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piggy bank
takes my coin everyday
never grows big

inspired by -

It is the heart that makes a man rich.
He is rich according to what he is,
not according to what he has.
Henry Ward Beecher, American anti-slavery activist,1813-1887

john tiong chunghoo
source : www.poemhunter.com

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Silk Cocoon Mayu Dolls

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Mayu Daruma Silk Cocoon Dolls
繭だるま /　まゆだるま / 繭達磨

Another association, at first glance surprising, is that which, in the Kantoo region, connects Daruma with silkworms, and transforms him into a talisman for sericiculture: the white cocoons have the form of a Daruma, or perhaps one should say that Daruma is cocoon-like.

One still sells today as engimono cocoons called mayu Daruma, on which Daruma features are painted; and this is perhaps related to the fact that, as we will see, both Daruma and the silkworm were symbols of gestation. However, this embryological symbolism, which connects Daruma with the silk-worm, refers also perhaps to the practice of the mushi-okuri or “insect-dispatching”: it may be a kind of funerary rituals for these creatures, which are sacrificed in large numbers during the spinning process, and of which one may have fear that they would become “resentful spirits.”

Read more HERE !
Daruma, Smallpox and the color Red, the Double Life of a Patriarch
Article by Bernard Faure

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-　小橋煕作　Collection of Kobashi san

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With small stones inside, so they stand up properly.



- Collection of Kodaruma san

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From Nagano Prefecture. They are about 1,5 cm high.
- 2000 工房夢舞


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Learn how to make them yourself here :
- source : Satoyama

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. mayu 繭 まゆ cocoon 　
and many related KIGO 　


Memyo Bosatsu, O-Shirasama and other Silk Deities
馬鳴菩薩, おしらさま, "Silkworm God", kaikogami, sanjin 蚕神...


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. Kawamata Silk　川俣シルク　 .

. mayu koogei まゆ工芸　toys from silk cocoons .


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mayu ningyoo まゆ人形 dolls from silk cocoons
Yamanashi




source :　tamanets

12 zodiac animals まゆ人形十二支




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. Toys and Talismans from Japan .　

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Gegege no Kitaro

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Gegege no Kitaro



Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎, Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō) is a comic (manga) series created in 1959 (under the alternative title Hakaba Kitarō (墓場鬼太郎, Hakaba Kitarō)) by Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki, who was born in Sakaiminato, Tottori. It is best known for its popularization of the folklore creatures known as yōkai, a class of spirit-monster to which all of the main characters belong. It has been adapted for the screen several times, as animation, live-action, and video games.

Wikipedia :
Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎, Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō)


MORE ABOUT
Shigeru Mizuki (水木 しげる, Mizuki Shigeru)
Shigeru Mura (武良 茂 Mura Shigeru)




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- - - - - Update November 2015

On November 30, 2015,
Shigeru Mizuki died of heart failure in a Tokyo hospital after collapsing at his home from a heart attack.

Otsukare, Sensei
Goodbye to Mizuki Shigeru
by Zack Davisson
There is nothing sad about the death of Mizuki Shigeru. And I say this as someone who shed more than a few tears when I heard the news last night. He lived about as good a life that could possibly be lived; the ripe old age of 93; wealthy in every way that matters; respected by his peers; beloved. He died a good death.
The only thing that is sad is that the rest of us now have to live in a world that doesn’t have Mizuki Shigeru. And we are poorer for it.
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I am sure there will be no shortage of articles recapping his extraordinary career. So instead I will give you something of Mizuki the philosopher.

Mizuki Shigeru’s Seven Rules of Happiness.

#7 – Believe in what you cannot see – The things that mean the most are things you cannot hold in your hand.

#6 – Take it easy – Of course you need to work, but don’t overdo it! Without rest, you’ll burn yourself out.

#5 – Talent and income are unrelated – Money is not the reward of talent and hard work. Self-satisfaction is the goal. Your efforts are worthy if you do what you love.

#4 – Believe in the power of love – Doing what you love, being with people you love. Nothing is more important.

#3 – Pursue what you enjoy – Don’t worry if other people find you foolish. Look at all the people in the world who are eccentric—they are so happy! Follow your own path.

#2 – Follow your curiosity – Do what you feel drawn towards, almost like a compulsion. What you would do without money or reward.

#1 – Don’t try to win – Success is not the measure of life. Just do what you enjoy. Be happy.

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The Fantastic Shigeru Mizuki English Language Resource Page
source : drunkentengu.com





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ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 第93話

The monster of this episode Nr. 93 is DARUMA !
今週の妖怪 : だるま









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darumanga　だるまんが　Daruma Manga



Kitaro to Darumachan 鬼太郎さんとだるチャン
at Temple Jindai-Ji


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GeGeGe souveniers and food is abundant in Tottori now in 2010, since the story of his life is an NHK drama.

Even Curry and Manju with GeGeGe are offered.


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yookai omusubi bentoo 妖怪おむすび弁当
Lunchbox with gegege monster riceballs



. WASHOKU
yookai nabe 妖怪鍋 "monster soup" 　
and other monster food



Photos : Toys with Daruma, Gangu


Gangu　玩具　＜＞ Toys with Daruma

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yookai daruma 妖怪ダルマ Daruma as a monster

ゲゲゲだるま gegege Daruma

From the Town of Sakai in Tottori, 2010, in memory of
Mizuki Shigeru.

mostly in the forms of his GEGEGE phantasies.

There are altogether 130 of them !











source : online reference


Medama-oyaji (目玉のおやじ, or 目玉親父, Lit. "Eyeball Father")
Nezumi Otoko (ねずみ男, "Rat Man")
Ittan Momen (一反木綿, "Roll of Cotton")
Neko Musume (猫娘 or ねこ娘, "Cat Girl")
Konaki Jijii (子泣き爺, "Child-crying Old Man")
Sunakake Babaa (砂かけ婆, "Sand-throwing hag")
Nurikabe (ぬりかべ, "Plastered Wall")
and many more




Azuki-Arai 小豆洗い Monster washing azuki beans

. Sake called "Azuki Arai" 　
特別純米原酒
and
a beetle, as kigo !


. washing red beans -
the river turns
ricewine 　


This little bean washer monster sits on a river bank and washes red beans in a basket. You can hear the sound of this, but usually not see him while he works.
You can even hear him hum a gentle song.

ゲゲゲの女房 Gegege no Nyobo
The TV scene when Shigeru met him and heared him ask of Mizuki to produce an encyclopedia of Japanese monsters was very moving !
on NHK TV, Summer 2010


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水木しげる妖怪道五十三次
. The Fifty-three Stations of the Yokaido
Making fun of the 53 Tokaido stations!



. Wooden Fish Gong, Mokugyo 木魚
Daruma Monsterlin 　


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十和田のダルマシーン（とわだのだるましーん）
darumashine
source:
tokiro.laff.jp/blogkundesu/cat6498151/index.html



. Resource
Anime Companion Supplement ABC .


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. Fudo Myo-O stabbing a Monster Cat (bakeneko) .
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Monster Daruma by
歌川芳艶 Utagawa Yoshitsuya (1822 - 1866)



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ゲゲゲだるま More Gegege Daruma









妖怪だるま more monster Daruma





Monster Father and Daruma kids



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amefuri Tengu, ame-furi 雨ふり天狗 Tengu in the Rain


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This Tengu lives at the 風神峠 Fujin Pass (Pass of the Wind Deity)
and can blow people away. But when it rains, it turns into a rock and can not defend himself.
Eventually a highway was built on the pass. The Tengu got angry about spoiled food plants growing there with exhaust fumes and chased drivers in their cars. When he finally became a rock for ever, the exhaust of the cars was free to roam and even made it to the deepest mountain valleys, spoiling the plants.
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. Oyama 円流院 Enyu-In Tottori .


- MORE of his Tengu to explore:
Tengu
-- Dai-Tengu 大天狗(だいてんぐ / おおてんぐ)
-- Karasu-Tengu ｶﾗｽ天狗
Kurama Tengu 鞍馬山のｶﾗｽ天狗
Torime　鳥目(とりめ) 3眼のｶﾗｽ天狗刑事
Kuro-Karasu　黒鴉(くろからす)
Higomo　ﾋｺﾞﾓ　from Kagoshima
Ringoro ﾘﾝｺﾞﾛｳ from Aomori
Koku'unbo 黒雲坊 / 赤嵐坊
-- Menko-Tengu　めんこ天狗
-- Yama-Tengu 山天狗(やまてんぐ)
-- Kaze no Matasaburo 風の又三郎 - 西洋妖精風の少年型天狗

-- Magical Tengu 天狗の使い魔
Taimatsumaru　松明丸
Suiryuumaru　水竜丸
Tengu-Kugutsu 天狗傀儡
- Chinese Tengu



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