MINGEI - Ohama dolls, Murakami Niigata

LINK
http://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/07/niigata-folk-toys.html

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Murakami town 村上市
鯛ぼんぼり lanterns with carp

Oohama ningyoo 大浜土人形 dolls from Ohama
They are now almost extinct. They were made at the end of the Edo period under the influence from the same dolls in Hekinan, Aichi by a craftsman who had moved to Murakami.
Now they are also called
Murakami tsuchi ningyoo 村上土人形 Murakami clay dolls.

They are more colorful than other clay dolls from Niigata.




Soldier, about 28 cm high



Kato Kiyomasa with the tiger 虎加藤, ca. 25 cm high
Baby in a basket
These dolls are decorated for the seasonal festivals in the third and fifth lunar month.


. Oohama tsuchi ningyoo 大浜土人形 clay dolls from Ohama - Aichi .

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