Vintage Japanese Unique Red Wound Thread & White Cord Bodhi Dharma Doll 4" Text 1790 by the great Japanese

1790 by the great Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)

and then washing off the paste

It stands 6

This set has two small brass Japanese maple leaves 2 large ones

This tsuba is made with typical forged steel and is in the shape of a mokogata

Vintage Japanese Unique Red Wound Thread & White Cord Bodhi Dharma Doll 4" Text 1790 by the great JapaneseThis is a vintage Japanese Daruma doll. Daruma (Bodhidharma) doll. Bodhidharma was a semi legendary Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Buddhism to China, and regarded as its first Chinese patriarch. In Japan he is often depicted in a red robe with no arms or legs. Legend has it that at the end of his life Daruma was so committed to his meditation that he sat till his limbs