Kumamoto
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Hitoyoshi town 人吉市
hanatebako, hana tebako 花手箱 box with flowers
mostly camellia
The boxes are made from cedar wood, painted with stark red camellia blossoms and green leaves. The edges are black. Other boxes have chrysanthemums for decoration.
They were sold at local markets and Shrine fairs.
Kijiuma are wheeled-bird toys, hanatebako are camellia-motif boxes, and hagoita are wooden paddles for Japanese badminton.
These traditional toys were born out of tragedy about 800 years ago. After the Heike clan was run out of power and all but wiped out in the 12th century, a group of survivors escaped to the Kuma region, where they continued to hide in exile. With their simple but vivid colors, these playthings were originally made out of a longing for the clan's glory days.
Today, they are treated more as traditional decorations rather than recreational articles.
- source : kumanago.jp/en -
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kiji uma きじ馬 / kiji kuruma 雉子車 pheasant horse
uzuraguruma うずら車 quail on wheels
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shunnamejo しゅんなめじょ Shunnamejo
しゅん=春 shun is for spring
なめ＝男女 name is for male and female
じょ＝愛称の接尾語 jo is a pleasent word ending
decoration for the New Year, to pray for a good harvest and good luck.
Made from a stick of the paper mulberry tree (koozo 楮) in the simple form with a human face.
This simple doll is then decorated with paper robes for male and female forms.
A stand is made from a straw barrel with four legs.
The dolls and some flower imitations of mochi rice are stuck into the straw.
The more human figures a family decorated, the more hands there would be during the harvest time to help with the farm work.
This decoration was made by all farming families and put up in the tokonoma alcove for decoration during the New Year holidays.
- source : www.pe-toru.or.jp -
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Hitoyoshi town 人吉市
hanatebako, hana tebako 花手箱 box with flowers
mostly camellia
The boxes are made from cedar wood, painted with stark red camellia blossoms and green leaves. The edges are black. Other boxes have chrysanthemums for decoration.
They were sold at local markets and Shrine fairs.
Kijiuma are wheeled-bird toys, hanatebako are camellia-motif boxes, and hagoita are wooden paddles for Japanese badminton.
These traditional toys were born out of tragedy about 800 years ago. After the Heike clan was run out of power and all but wiped out in the 12th century, a group of survivors escaped to the Kuma region, where they continued to hide in exile. With their simple but vivid colors, these playthings were originally made out of a longing for the clan's glory days.
Today, they are treated more as traditional decorations rather than recreational articles.
- source : kumanago.jp/en -
CLICK for more photos !
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kiji uma きじ馬 / kiji kuruma 雉子車 pheasant horse
uzuraguruma うずら車 quail on wheels
.......................................................................
shunnamejo しゅんなめじょ Shunnamejo
しゅん=春 shun is for spring
なめ＝男女 name is for male and female
じょ＝愛称の接尾語 jo is a pleasent word ending
decoration for the New Year, to pray for a good harvest and good luck.
Made from a stick of the paper mulberry tree (koozo 楮) in the simple form with a human face.
This simple doll is then decorated with paper robes for male and female forms.
A stand is made from a straw barrel with four legs.
The dolls and some flower imitations of mochi rice are stuck into the straw.
The more human figures a family decorated, the more hands there would be during the harvest time to help with the farm work.
This decoration was made by all farming families and put up in the tokonoma alcove for decoration during the New Year holidays.
- source : www.pe-toru.or.jp -
CLICK for more photos !
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