Vintage Japanese Unique Red Wound Thread & White Cord Bodhi Dharma Doll 4" Text Length: 9 1/2" (24cm)

Length: 9 1/2" (24cm)

This tsuba is made with typical forged steel and is in the shape of a mokogata

The plate is a high fired ceramic for lasting durability

The "fish eye" un-glazed area on the bottom was a unique kiln footing design found on late Edo to early Meiji era pottery

1790 by the great Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)

Vintage Japanese Unique Red Wound Thread & White Cord Bodhi Dharma Doll 4" Text Length: 9 1/2" (24cm)This is a vintage Japanese Daruma doll. Daruma (Bodhidharma) doll. Bodhidharma was a semi legendary Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Buddhism to China, and regarded as its first Chinese patriarch. In Japan he is often depicted in a red robe with no arms or legs. Legend has it that at the end of his life Daruma was so committed to his meditation that he sat till his limbs