Vintage Japanese Unique Red Wound Thread & White Cord Bodhi Dharma Doll 4" Text Length: 9 1/2" (24cm)

Length: 9 1/2" (24cm)

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

They measure 8 1/2" long by 3 1/4" wide

The plate is a high fired ceramic for lasting durability

It stands 6

Vintage Japanese Unique Red Wound Thread & White Cord Bodhi Dharma Doll 4" Text Length: 9 1/2" (24cm)This 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