Japanese Traditional Papier-mâché Daruma Wishing Doll in Red 6"H Itomasu Medium: Ink and mineral color

Medium: Ink and mineral color on silk

Having been in storage with limited use since the mid 1900's it remains in very fine condition

This deep red box and brown interior lacquer

Overall length: 10 1/4" (26cm)

Japanese Traditional Papier-mâché Daruma Wishing Doll in Red 6"H Itomasu Medium: Ink and mineral colorThis is a traditional Japanese wishing doll known as a Daruma doll. The dolls are round with no arms and legs and have a weighted bottom so they cant be knocked down. To make a wish you paint in one eye, and when the wish comes true, you paint in the other. Written in gold on the front is the character for stubbornness to remember the dedication to fulfilling your wish with the same determination as Daruma san The doll is a depiction of Bodhidarma,