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Kokeshi doll - Shiawase Jizo
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Kokeshi doll - Shiawase Jizo
Beautiful Japanese Kokeshi doll, representing a Jizo, a Buddhist deity dedicated to altruism.
In Japan, Jizô is the protector of dead children, still birthed and miscarried children.
He is represented with a childish face.
Traditionally, mothers who have lost a child make a red bib and hang it on a Jizo statue, symbolically protecting their lost child from cold during their travel to the afterlife.
Made and hand painted in Gunma prefecture (Japan).
Height: 11.5 cm (about 4.53 inches)
Head diameter: 5.8 cm (about 2.28 inches)
Material:
- Head: Chestnut tree
- Body : Cherry tree
| Size | Single |
