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Posted 3 years ago
dav2no1
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Wooden Japanese Daruma Doll
Here is the wooden daruma doll that I mentioned in my previous post. This one has eyes that move in and out. This belonged to my mother and has been in the display case in the living room for as long as I can remember.
Please see my previous post for a full explanation of the daruma.
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/305753-japanese-daruma-doll
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is this still an itto- bori , it looks like it
difficult what it it is albout the graining
it, is not matsu or sugi
i am not sure about this but
i think it is something like zelkova kyushu or takayama ichhi
IMO this is better than average, well done
the eyes are me ga deru, which means be lucky
Thanks Waki. Great information. This belonged to my mother.
imo this is coming from an form of Cho -Han Bakuchi in origin ( a dice game ) which was played by Bakuto ( gamblers)
they extrapolate the eyes of the dice with the eyes of persons ( lets say eyes from the movie scanners)
and the tumblers dolls ( okiagari koboshi) became very popular as an symbol for resilience , actually it became an popular phallic symbol,from Japanese freely translated , fast up fast down ( do the math !)
Waki..Thats funny!
ill do this all over again , ill need Lempertz for this and the Koreans for the wood
we are likely to have an strange combination here, namely import Matsu combined with Hida school or one of there acolytes, versus shutting out Mingei
that is the question
this takes a while , because the stakes are too high , and i am toast (health)
Waki - Take care of yourself my friend. Get some rest.
Wow, very nice me ga deru Daruma san! I think it is sugi wood, but stained maybe? Or maybe it is a darker variety? The carving is very interesting, kind of highly stylized with these angular shapes. The wood is cut very much in the same way that one from my post.
i got no proof, but i got some assumptions
1we outplay all monocolored mingei for reasons of carving and for reasons of the grain because they are heavely structured , or silly pained in stead of dying( = grain faking or reverse graining)
2 we outplay ( junk) shizuoke the so called mount fugi tourist ware , IMO the
your carving is to delicate
3 and we outplay the Suzuki type of stuff from the 60 ties, because that,s rather rude carving, the dye is light
IMO this must be rather well
so i tried to define it by means takayame ichii -ae from the sixties because IMO that,s the style, but something illogical happened
why dying ichii -ae because that type of ware is bought for the toughness and people like the -nairobi- orange colour, that don,t need coating
it is probably still yew wood maybe in an sort of matsu sumi way
compared the mouth and the noses yours seems rather well
i got some troubles with the graining , parts of it looks contra grained and the sloping down is almost completely vertical , which could mean they put in a structure
i forget the japanese term for resilience ( social antroposophical ), i think you have to see this like the asian story about the student and the frog concerning resilience
there was an student who was not the smartest peanut in the turt and he flunked the civil servant examen 7 times i believe , so he was down and out
he saw a frog who wanted to overcome an obstackle by means of leaping , and after 7 times the frog managed , and the student got inspiration out of that and passed his examen
that type of meaning has it, something like that
rather well vintage around 1950-1960, but won,t get you rich
after 8 times
Thanks Waki! Glad to see your back and posting so fast. Hope you're feeling better.
thanks for posting this, I think it's great!
possibly its also anNanakorobi yaoki.--falter 7 times stand up 8 times, i somewhere remember i thought there is a chinese equivalent , some chinese chinese civil servant
who flunked his civil examen i believe , saw a frog falter seven seven and got up 8 times and that was his inspritation, i might made it up it up but i don,t forget that much probably
Interesting.. there is a story about a king hiding in a cave after being defeated and sees a spider that keeps falling and that inspires him. Probably many different versions. Even saw mention of a proverb in the Bible ...
A concept related to the saying "Nana korobi ya oki" is the spirit of gambaru (???). The concept of gambaru is deeply rooted in the Japanese culture and approach to life. The literal meaning of gambaru expresses the idea of sticking with a task with tenacity until it is completed—of making a persistent effort until success is achieved. The imperative form, “gambette,” is used very often in daily language to encourage others to “do your best” in work, to “fight on!” and “never give up!” during a sporting event or studying for an exam. You do not always have to win, but you must never give up. While others may encourage you to "gambatte kudasai!" — the real spirit of gambaru comes from within. The best kind of motivation is intrinsic motivation. For the benefit of oneself — and for the benefit of others as well — one must bear down and do their best. Even in good times, behaving uncooperatively or in a rude manner is deeply frowned upon. In a crisis, the idea of complaining or acting selfishly to the detriment of those around you is the absolute worst thing a person can do. There is no sense in complaining about how things are or crying over what might have been. These feelings may be natural to some degree, but they are not productive for yourself or for others.