MINGEI - Kagoshima

LINKS
http://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/08/kagoshima-folk-toys.html

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. karuishi ningyoo 軽石人形 dolls from lava
Daruma and "Ta no kansaa" 田のカンサア the God of the Fields
from Sakurajima volcano


kome kui nezumi 米喰い鼠 mouse eating rice
. Ne 子 / nezumi 鼠　 Rat, Mouse Amulets .




umanori, uma-nori musha 馬乗り武者 samurai on horseback
A present for the Boy's Festival in May to ward off evil.
Last made by Hosoi Kimi san 細井ミキ, but now extinct.






kinsuke mari 金助まり / 金助鞠 hand balls with gold-thread decoration

They are a present for the Girl's Festival in March, to hang down from above the Hina Doll exhibition shelf. The smaller one's are about 30 cm, larger one's can be up to 70 cm.
They come with auspicious motives, like the phoenix, peonies, Chinese lions, Pine-Bamboo-Plum 松竹梅, and others.

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