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hahako 母子 / 母と子 mother and child dolls

. Anzan Kosodate 安産子育て all about amulets for Children .

Boshijin, Hahakogami 母子神　"Mother-Child Deity"

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Boshijin "Mother-child kami,"
a term used to refer to the joint enshrinement of a mother deity (boshin) and its child deity (mikogami).
Also read hahakogami.
The practice of such joint enshrinement is itself found widely from Eurasia through Southeast Asia and Oceania, and is thought to be linked to primitive "mother-goddess" beliefs.
Boshijin practices in Japan can be found at the shrine Kamo Jinja and within Hachiman beliefs. According to fragmentary records of the Yamashiro no kuni fudoki, Tamayorihime and Kamo Taketsunumi no mikoto, two deities worshiped at the Kamo Mioya Jinja (the Lower Kamo Shrine), are related as daughter and father, and in turn they are in relation of mother and maternal grandfather to Kamo Wakeikazuchi no kami, the deity worshiped at the Kamo Wakeikazuchi Jinja (Upper Kamo Shrine). In the fragmentary Yamashiro no kuni fudoki, Tamayorihime was impregnated supernaturally via a "red arrow" which floated downstream on the river, and thus gave birth to Kamo Wakeikazuchi no kami; the arrow, in turn, was said to be an transformation of the kami Honoikazuchi no kami enshrined in Otokuni District of Yamashiro Province. The worship at these two shrines is clear evidence of belief in mother-child deities.

Shrines dedicated to Hachiman likewise enshrine both the deities Homudawake (Emperor Ōjin) and his mother Okinagatarashihime (Empress Jingū), but some scholars believe that the legend of Empress Jingū should not be taken as a historical association. Rather, it may be one version of a tradition of mother-child kami within the context of worship of sea deities, specifically a version whereby a sea-faring goddess arrives from across the sea and gives birth to a child deity at the shore.

Further, one version of the work Hachimangudōkun recounts a legendary origin for the shrine Ōsumi Shō-Hachimangū, according to which a princess of Cinasthâna (an ancient Indian name for China) was miraculously impregnated at the age of seven by a ray of sunlight. When she then gave birth to a child, the king was suspicious, and set her adrift in an empty boat. The place where she came ashore was the Japanese province of Ōsumi (present-day Kagoshima Prefecture). This legend thus hints of the wide dissemination of beliefs in mother-child deities. It may also be that such belief in mother-child deities lies behind legends of "tiny children" seen, for example, in tales like Momotarō, Issunbōshi, and Urikohime. In such legends, the kami appears in the form of a "divine child," but such children almost always have a close relation to the realm of water, indicating a background of mother-goddess cult.
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. Awashima sama　粟島さま at Awashima Jinja 淡島神社 - Wakayama .
with prayers for children

. sanbi 産火 / 産忌 fire taboos for childbirth .

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kokeshi no oyako こけしの親子 wooden Kokeshi dolls

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source :　t_kousaka_jp/7121322.

博多母子人形 Hakata Dolls

. Dolls from Hakata / 博多人形 .

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source : blog.nihondorei.com

Mother carrying a baby on her back 子背負い人形

. Fushimi Ningyo 伏見土人形 Clay dolls from Fushimi .

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Kumamoto 熊本県

This doll is about 25 cm high.

There is also
yamanba 山姥（やまんば） old mountain wife, who breastfeeds a baby.
This is said to be a symbol of Mother Mary feeding the baby Christ.

. Amakusa tsuchi ningyoo 天草土人形 Amakusa Clay Dolls .

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- reference : blog.nihondorei.com

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母子人形
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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

母子 / 母子岩 and many animal legends
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