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12/09/2011

Oningyoosama Deity

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O-Ningyoo Sama お人形様  O-Ningyo Sama

A special guardian deity from Fukushima prefecture.


source : fks-ab.co

A straw figure near Fukushima Airport, to ward off evil influence.
This one was built to keep off the influenza epidemy in 2010.
It is about 4 meters high.
新型インフルエンザ退治




source : Tamura town : O-Ningyo Sama Details

Figures of "boundary deities" 境神 sakaigami like this were put at the entrance of a village to ward off evil.

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at the train station

朴橋(ホウノキバシ)has another version.


Some O-Ningyo Sama from Funahiki machi town, Fukushima
福島県田村市船引町



new mask from Heisei 14









Horikoshi O-ningyo Sama, from Akashi Shrine
堀越のお人形様は、明石神社




reconstruction after 87 years, the mask is from the Edo period with especially large eyes




painting of O-ningyo Sama




Waffles for a souvenir, with this deity.


source : 4travel tohoku/fukushima


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. Reference .



. Wara ningyoo 藁人形 straw dolls for curses .



. michikiri, michi-kiri 道切 / 道切り "Cutting off the Road" .
in order to prevent evil spirits and monsters from entering and drive them away.

. Wayside Deities 道祖神  Dosojin, Dososhin .






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. Regional Folk Toys from Japan .


. Tohoku after the BIG earthquake March 11, 2011

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