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Daruma Doll
A is a hollow, round, Japanese traditional dolls, Japanese traditional doll modeled after Bodhidharma, the founder of the Zen tradition of Buddhism. These dolls, though typically red and depicting the Indian monk, Bodhidharma, vary greatly in color and design depending on region and artist. Though considered a toy by some, Daruma has a design that is rich in symbolism and is regarded more as a talisman of good luck to the Japanese. Daruma dolls are seen as a symbol of perseverance and good luck, making them a popular gift of encouragement. The doll has also been commercialized by many Buddhist temples to use alongside the setting of goals. Use When purchased, the figure's eyes are both blank white. The owner selects a goal or wish and paints in the left eye of the figure's two eyes with Chinese or Japanese ink. Once the goal is achieved, the right eye is filled in. Bodhidharma Bodhidharma was a Buddhism, Buddhist Bhikkhu, monk who lived during the 5th/6th century CE. He is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daruma Doll, Cut Out, 03
Daruma may refer to: * Bodhidharma, a Buddhist monk known in Japanese as Daruma * Daruma doll, a hollow, round Japanese doll * ''Daruma Magazine'', an English language magazine devoted to Japanese art and antiques * Daruma (fish), ''Daruma'' (fish), a genus of fish * Daruma-ji, a Buddhist temple in Japan also called "Daruma temple" See also * Dharma (other) * Daruma Pond Frog, a species of frog * Daruma uta, a pejorative term for Zen poetry {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shorinzan Daruma Temple
Shorinzan Daruma Temple (少林山達磨寺, shōrinzan daruma-ji) is a small temple located in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture. It was built in 1697 by the Obaku school of Zen Buddhism. Takasaki is known as the birthplace of daruma, as it is believed that the dolls originated from the region many years ago. The daruma of Shorinzan are said to be especially lucky, leading the city's PR department to dub Takasaki as The Lucky Town. Origin An old legend states that sometime between 1673 and 1681, a heavy rain came and flooded the Usui River. Afterwards, villagers found a glowing, scented tree near the riverbed. They decided it was sacred and placed it inside an old hut that housed the local Kannon statue. As they did, purple haze began swirling around them. Around the time of the flood, Bodhidharma Daishi appeared before a traveling monk named Ichiryo Koji in a dream. Allegedly he commanded Ichiryo Koji to carve his likeness out of a tree that was exactly the height of his nose. In 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ming China
The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of China ruled by the Han people, the majority ethnic group in China. Although the primary capital of Beijing fell in 1644 to a rebellion led by Li Zicheng (who established the short-lived Shun dynasty), numerous rump state, rump regimes ruled by remnants of the House of Zhu, Ming imperial family, collectively called the Southern Ming, survived until 1662. The Ming dynasty's founder, the Hongwu Emperor (1368–1398), attempted to create a society of self-sufficient rural communities ordered in a rigid, immobile system that would guarantee and support a permanent class of soldiers for his dynasty: the empire's standing army exceeded one million troops and the naval history of China, navy's dockyards in Nanjing were the largest in the world. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinki
The or the lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū. The region includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo and Shiga, often also Mie, sometimes Fukui, Tokushima and Tottori. The metropolitan region of Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto (Keihanshin region) is the second-most populated in Japan after the Greater Tokyo Area. Name The terms , , and have their roots during the Asuka period. When the old provinces of Japan were established, several provinces in the area around the then-capital Yamato Province were collectively named Kinai and Kinki, both roughly meaning "the neighbourhood of the capital". Kansai (literally ''west of the tollgate'') in its original usage refers to the land west of the Osaka Tollgate (), the border between Yamashiro Province and Ōmi Province (present-day Kyoto and Shiga prefectures).Entry for . Kōjien, fifth edition, 1998, During the Kamakura period, this border was redefined to include Ōmi and Iga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okiagari Koboshi
is a Japanese traditional doll. The toy is made from papier-mâché and is a roly-poly toy, designed so that its weight causes it to return to an upright position if it is knocked over. Okiagari-kobōshi is considered a good-luck charm and a symbol of perseverance and resilience (including for Daruma versions). History The makers of the earliest ''okiagari-kobōshi'' likely modeled them after a Chinese toy called '' Budaoweng'' (不倒翁; ''not-falling-down old man'') that is similarly weighted. Okiagari-kobōshi has long been popular among Japanese children. It is mentioned in a 14th-century play called '' Manju-Kui'', and folklorist Lafcadio Hearn recorded a lullaby from Matsue in Izumo Province in the early 20th century that lists the doll as a gift for a young child: Nenneko, nenneko nenneko ya! Kono ko nashite naku-yara? O-chichi ga taranuka? — o-mama ga taranuka? Ima ni ototsan no ōtoto no o-kaeri ni Ame ya, o-kwashi ya, hii-hii ya, Gara-gara, nagureba fuito tatsu Okia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triangle Darumas
A triangle is a polygon with three corners and three sides, one of the basic shapes in geometry. The corners, also called ''vertices'', are zero-dimensional points while the sides connecting them, also called ''edges'', are one-dimensional line segments. A triangle has three internal angles, each one bounded by a pair of adjacent edges; the sum of angles of a triangle always equals a straight angle (180 degrees or π radians). The triangle is a plane figure and its interior is a planar region. Sometimes an arbitrary edge is chosen to be the ''base'', in which case the opposite vertex is called the ''apex''; the shortest segment between the base and apex is the ''height''. The area of a triangle equals one-half the product of height and base length. In Euclidean geometry, any two points determine a unique line segment situated within a unique straight line, and any three points that do not all lie on the same straight line determine a unique triangle situated within a u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roly-poly Toy
A roly-poly toy, roly-poly doll, round-bottomed doll, tilting doll, tumbler, wobbly man, wobble doll, or kelly is a round-bottomed toy, usually egg-shaped, that tends to right itself when pushed at an angle, and does this in seeming contradiction to how it should fall. Models Different toy manufacturers and different cultures have produced different-looking roly-poly toys: the '' okiagari-koboshi'' (起き上がり小法師, "take a spill, get up, and arise"), Kokeshi doll and some types of Daruma doll of Japan, the ''nevаlyashka'' (неваляшка, "untopply") or ''van'ka-vstan'ka'' (ванька-встанька, "Ivan-get-up") of Russia, and Playskool's Weebles. Such toys' self-righting characteristics have come to symbolize the ability to have success, overcome adversity, and recover from misfortune. Traditional Chinese examples (called 不倒翁, bù dǎo wēng) are hollow clay figures of plump children, but "many Chinese folk artists shape their tumblers in the image ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daruma Dolls
Daruma may refer to: * Bodhidharma, a Buddhist monk known in Japanese as Daruma * Daruma doll, a hollow, round Japanese doll * '' Daruma Magazine'', an English language magazine devoted to Japanese art and antiques * ''Daruma'' (fish), a genus of fish * Daruma-ji Daruma-ji (, also called Daruma-dera) is a Zen Buddhist temple in the city of Ōji in the Kitakatsuragi District, Nara Prefecture, Japan and is one of the 28 historical Sites of Prince Shōtoku. History The founding of the temple is associat ..., a Buddhist temple in Japan also called "Daruma temple" See also * Dharma (other) * Daruma Pond Frog, a species of frog * Daruma uta, a pejorative term for Zen poetry {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sutra
''Sutra'' ()Monier Williams, ''Sanskrit English Dictionary'', Oxford University Press, Entry fo''sutra'' page 1241 in Indian literary traditions refers to an aphorism or a collection of aphorisms in the form of a manual or, more broadly, a condensed manual or text. Sutras are a genre of ancient and medieval Indian texts found in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. In Hinduism, sutras are a distinct type of literary composition, a compilation of short aphoristic statements.Gavin Flood (1996), ''An Introduction to Hinduism'', Cambridge University Press, , pages 54–55 Each sutra is any short rule, like a theorem distilled into few words or syllables, around which teachings of ritual, philosophy, grammar, or any field of knowledge can be woven. The oldest sutras of Hinduism are found in the Brahmana and Aranyaka layers of the Vedas. Every school of Hindu philosophy, Vedic guides for rites of passage, various fields of arts, law, and social ethics developed respective sutras, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roly-poly Toy
A roly-poly toy, roly-poly doll, round-bottomed doll, tilting doll, tumbler, wobbly man, wobble doll, or kelly is a round-bottomed toy, usually egg-shaped, that tends to right itself when pushed at an angle, and does this in seeming contradiction to how it should fall. Models Different toy manufacturers and different cultures have produced different-looking roly-poly toys: the '' okiagari-koboshi'' (起き上がり小法師, "take a spill, get up, and arise"), Kokeshi doll and some types of Daruma doll of Japan, the ''nevаlyashka'' (неваляшка, "untopply") or ''van'ka-vstan'ka'' (ванька-встанька, "Ivan-get-up") of Russia, and Playskool's Weebles. Such toys' self-righting characteristics have come to symbolize the ability to have success, overcome adversity, and recover from misfortune. Traditional Chinese examples (called 不倒翁, bù dǎo wēng) are hollow clay figures of plump children, but "many Chinese folk artists shape their tumblers in the image ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meiwa
was a after '' Hōreki'' and before ''An'ei.'' This period spanned the years from June 1764 through November 1772. The reigning empress and emperor were and . Change of era * 1764 : The era name became ''Meiwa'' (meaning "Bright Harmony") because of the enthronement of Empress Go-Sakuramachi. As a cultural phenomenon, the literature of this period records concerted attempts to distill the aggregate characteristics of the inhabitants of Edo (''Edokko'') into a generalized thumbnail description. These traits (''Edokko katagi'') were put into use to draw a contrast between Edokko and those who did not have this "sophisticated" gloss—those not from the city, as in merchants from the Kyoto-Osaka region or samurai from distant provinces. Sometimes ''Edokko katagi'' was presented with pride; and it was used mockingly. Events * 1765 (''Meiwa 2''): Five-momme coin issued. * 1766 (''Meiwa 3''): A planned insurrection to displace the Shōgun was thwarted. * 1768 (''Meiwa 5''): Fiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirokage - Comic Incidents At Famous Places In Edo (Edo Meisho Dôke Zukushi), No
, also known as Ichiyūsai Hirokage, was a Japanese designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints, who was active from about 1855 to 1865. He was a pupil of Utagawa Hiroshige I. From 1860 to 1861, Hirokage designed the series of ōban An Ōban (大判) was a monetary ovoid gold plate, and the largest denomination of Tokugawa coinage Tokugawa coinage was a unitary and independent metallic monetary system established by ''shōgun'' Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1601 in Japan, and whic ... size prints titled ''Edo meisho dōke zukushi'' (Joyful Events in Famous Places in Edo). His reputation is based primarily upon this series and his 1859 triptych (The Great Battle between the Fruits and Vegetables and the Fish). Gallery File:Hirokage - (triptych) Great battle between the fruits & vegetables & fish (Aomono sakana gunzei daikassen no zu), 1859.jpg, (The Great Battle between the Fruits and Vegetables and the Fish), woodblock triptych by Hirokage, 1859 File:Shinobazu1859woodblockprint.jpg, Woo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
