- Vividly colored Eto clay bell figurines
- The"NakayamaDolls"fromYokoteCity,AkitaPrefecture,areatraditionalclaycraftthathasbeenpasseddownforover140years,famouslyassociatedwiththeannual"Kamakura"KoshogatsueventTheoriginofthe"NakayamaDolls"datesbacktowhenthepotterNodaUkichifromtheNabeshimadomain(SagaPrefecture)movedtoAkitaandopenedakilnWhilemakingeverydaypottery,Yoshi,thewifeofUkichi'ssonKintaro,learnedclaycraftingfromUkichiTheprototypeoftheNakayamaDollsissaidtohavebeenbornfromlocalAnesamadollsand"Oshie"embossedfabricpicturesCurrently,thefifthgenerationoftheHiwatashiworkshopcontinuesthecraft,producingfigurineswithbrightcolorsandintricatepatterns
- The"NakayamaDolls"arecaptivatingfortheirvividcolorsandintricatepatternsWithover100typesoftraditionalfigurines,suchas"Tenjin,""Hinadolls,""Oiran,"and"Boys'sumo,"aswellasnewdesignsbasedonlocalKoshogatsufolkeventslike"Torioi,""Kanto,""Kamakura,"and"Bonden,"manynewmodelsareinspiredbyfolktraditions,andthewidevarietycontinuestocaptivatefansInrecentyears,Etobellshapedfigures,suchasthoseofsheepandhorses,havebeenadoptedasdesignsforNewYear'spostagestamps,makingthemwidelyknownacrossJapan
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