MINGEI - Noda dolls from Chiba

LINK
http://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/08/chiba-folk-toys.html


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Noda town 野田市

Noda tsuchi ningyoo 野田土人形 clay dolls


source :　www.asahi-net.or.jp

Made in the Northern Part of Chiba 北総, a region also famous for its soy sauce production, like Choshi 銚子. During the Edo period the soy sauce was transported to Edo town via the Edogawa waterway 江戸川の水運.
The clay dolls from Noda reflect the production of soy sauce. The doll on the left making soy sauce 醤油人形 is about 11 cm high.
The group on the right shows Momotaro and a children's song about playing with the demons （鬼遊び唄).

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