Wara ningyô (straw doll) kept at Tono Museum.
Those effigies were once hung on ropes (michikiri) by roadsides and village entrances to ward off evil spirits bringing pestilence (疫病神 yakubyôgami). They were sometimes accessorized, like this one bearing a daishô (katana set) and a fearsome (oni?) face mask.
Waraningyô are also a staple of folk magic alike voodoo dolls, especially those related to eerie uchi no toki mairi ("Ox-hour shrine visits", ie witching hour).
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Oda Kazuma
1881-1956
Collected Pictures of Ginza: Second Series, No. 1, A Girl Selling Dolls
(Gashu ginza: Dai nishu, dai ichi zu, Ningyo uri no shojo)
color lithograph; numbered in pencil at lower left, 12/20, inscribed in Japanese on the bottom margin, 2 no 1 (no. 1 of second series), and signed and dated, Kazuma Oda 1929
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Daruma, Museu do Oriente, Lisboa, Portugal, 01-06-23
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Lila yamamoto rainbow high fanart!
I love her style so much!
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