Vintage Japanese Dolls Daruma Hime Ningyo Pair Empress Jingu Handpainted 5"~ Reproduction Tarnished from years of oxidization

Tarnished from years of oxidization

It is in very good condition and weighs in at nearly 14 pounds

In Japan Bodhidarma or “Daruma-san” is best known for staring at a wall for 9 years ignoring every one who came to ask him questions until a young monk determined to learn his Buddhist teaching cut off his own arm and presented it to Daruma-San as a sign of his devotion

It’s also said that in order to stay awake during his prolonged meditation that he cut off his own eyelids and where they fell the first tea tree in China grew

Vintage Japanese Dolls Daruma Hime Ningyo Pair Empress Jingu Handpainted 5"~ Reproduction Tarnished from years of oxidizationThis is a pair of vintage Japanese handmade dolls known as Daruma Hime Ningyo. Made of wood and brocade fabrics these dolls are traditionally give as wedding gifts, birthday gifts and otherwise given to impart luck, good fortune and good health. This is a handcraft made in Matsuyama, Japan. Having been in storage or carefully displayed they remain in overall fine vintage condition.