ichibun dolls Oita

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ichibun ningyoo 一文人形 head dolls with one letter

from Oita 大分県, Hamanoichi (Hama no Ichi)  浜の市

Hamanoichi is a town close to the Shinto shrine
Yusuhara Hachiman-gū 柞原八幡宮 Yusuhara Hachimangu.

There is a store called 宮喜屋 Miyakichi-Ya where the dolls are sold.

They come on a bamboo stick with a head made of clay. The front of the head is formed, but the back is flat. They all have light-red cheeks and a red line along the nose.
Children can play with them while putting on some paper robes.

They originated from the Hojo-E Shrine festival in September, 放生祭, where live animals are released. The dolls were sold together with the shikishi mochi しきし餅 rice cakes. During the Shrine festival, there were many fishermen to buy these things as omens of good luck.
But this custom has died out in the Taisho period.
After the second world war, they were revived by 佐藤良治 and his friends and by 1964 there were about 20 different types back to enjoy.
Now they are made at the shop 豊泉堂.




At the back of the head each doll has a letter of the Japanese IROHA alphabet, referring to its name.

い i （あねさん) elder sister
ろ ro （きつね） fox
はにほ ha ni ho （えぼし） Eboshi hat
へ he （大顔）big face
とちり to chi ri （かぶと）Kabuto helmet
ぬ nu （五右衛門）Goemon
る ru （さる）monkey
を o （巡査）police man
わ wa （牛若丸）Ushikwakamaru
かよた ka yo ta （鬼）Oni demon
れ re （大黒）Daikoku
そつ so tsu （五郎十郎）Goro Juro (from the 曽我廼家 Soganoya actors)
ね ne （おかみさん）housewife
な na （足軽）Ashigaru soldier



source :　茶々丸

宮喜屋商店（二宮隆一）：大分市浜の市1-2-19 - Miyakichi-Ya


. hoojoo-e 放生会 Hojo-E, Buddhist ritual of releasing living animals .


. IROHA 以呂波 - いろは Iroha, the Japanese ABC .



. kubi ningyoo 首人形 head dolls - Introduction .

. fûzoku ningyoo 風俗人形 dolls about manners and customs .

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柞原八幡宮 Yusuhara Hachimangu



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shikishi mochi, shikishimochi しきし餅 / 志きし餅 Shikishi rice cakes
rice cakes with red bean paste, in the form of little cushions.
The white ones contain koshi-an (soft red bean paste) and the green ones, with yomogi mugwort color, contain tsubu-an (thick red bean paste).






. mochi 餅 rice cakes - Introduction .

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