March 2008

Koujin festival

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Kukuri-zaru, the bundling monkey is a monkey of the stuffed animal that hangs in the front of the house in Nara. Have you ever seen them? In the Koujin festival people use bundling monkeys as scapegoats for punishment by god.
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bundling monkey
Nara Koujindou
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bundling monkey
Nara Akahada-yaki
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Nara Koujindou
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following is a variety of clay bells of Kukuri-zaru

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Nogomi dolls
Saga Pref.
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By Mr. Takashi Takahashi
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Shigi-san
Nara Pref.
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@There is Kojin in Kyoto near Kiyomizu-dera temple & Yasakano-tou, too. You can get some clay bells related the bundling monkeys.
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Yasaka-Koujindou
by Mr. Syuugaku Koyama
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Yasaka-Koujindou
by Mr. Syuugaku Koyama


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Yasaka-Koujindou
by Mr. Syuugaku Koyama
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Yasaka-Koujindou
by Mr. Syuugaku Koyama
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Yasaka-Koujindou
by Mr. Syuugaku Koyama




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