Spring flowers in vibrant red designs

HanamakiCityisalsoknownasthebirthplaceofKenjiMiyazawaCraftedintherichnaturalenvironmentthatinfluencedMiyazawa'sworks,"HanamakiDolls"areproduced,continuingatraditionalongside"TsutsumiDolls"fromSendaiand"SagaraDolls"fromYonezawa,andarecountedasoneofthethreemajorfolkclaydollsofTohokuItissaidtohaveoriginatedintheTenmeiera,productionofHanamakidollscametoahaltin1959afterthelastcraftsmanpassedawayHowever,in1974,theHiragaKogeiCompanyrevivedthetradition

Thedollsincludeauspiciousfigureslike"Dairibina"fortheseasonalfestivals,aswellas"Tenjin,""Ebisu,""Kintaro,""Yamauba,"and"Shiokumi,"amountingtoover1,000differenttypesThedolls'characteristicredcostumesareadornedwithlargedepictionsofflowerssuchascherryblossoms,plum,peony,chrysanthemum,andgillyflower,motifsthatevoketherichlocalnatureInrecentyears,theHiragaKogeiCompanyandtheHanamakiDollStudiohavebeenstudyingthepaintingtechniquesofoldHanamakidollstopreservethetraditionforfuturegenerations