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Title
Daruma dolls (lacquered prince and princess) with box
Creator
Unknown
Publication Information
California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives
Contributing Institution
California State University, Sacramento Library
Collection
Japanese American Archival Collection
Rights Information
2004
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts or photographs must be submitted in writing to California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Description
Daruma is the Japanese name for Bodhidharma. Daruma dolls (or wish dolls) are good luck charms in the Japanese culture. Typically, the eyes are not painted in until one makes a wish or sets a goal then one eye is painted in. When the wish or goal is obtained the second eye is painted in.
Format
3 1/2 in. x 2 1/4 in. x 2 1/4 in. (box)
color slide
1 1/2 x 1 1/2
Epson Expression 1600
Photoshop 7.0
None
4000
RGB
24 Bit
6000 x 4987
85.6
Tiff
Identifier
jc22p-04
ark:/13030/kt8199q6xm
1137.jpg
http://csus.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/jaac/id/1136
Language
Japanese
Subject
Japanese--Social life and customs
Folk art--Japan
Bodhidharma dolls
Relation
From the Japanese American Archival Collection. MSS-94/01. California State University, Sacramento. Library. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives

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