@@I exhibit clay bells of Akita this month.
Akita is a prefecture in Japanese Tohoku region. While I traveled in Akita for the Golden Week of this year, I could get several clay bells .
a cat on the temari ball by Kitaura clay dolls |
Fukusuke, a happy man by Kitaura clay dolls |
Lake Tazawa-ko Kitaura clay dolls made nere here |
a rat in formal samurai ware by Kitaura clay dolls |
Hie-Hachiman Jinja shrine Yahase clay dolls made nere here |
Akita's beauty by Yahase clay dolls |
Hatahata, a local fish by Nakayama dolls |
Tiger, one of the zodiac signs by Nakayama dolls |
Rabit, one of the zodiac signs by Nakayama dolls |
Dragon, one of the zodiac signs by Nakayama dolls |