{"product_id":"shogun-red-daruma-figurine-taisho","title":"Shogun Red Daruma Figurine 'Taisho'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eRed daruma doll in glossy enamel with both eyes painted and the characters for luck\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eRed, glossy, both eyes open. This daruma is a ceramic doll in the daruma's own colour, a strong red enamel that shines, with the face painted in the traditional black brows and moustache, a red mouth, both eyes filled in black, gold streaks at the shoulders, and the two characters for opening luck brushed in a circle on the belly with smaller characters at the sides. Red is the colour the daruma has been since it was first made, for keeping illness away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the classic of the collection in its glossy form, and the one for a person who wants the daruma everyone recognises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Taisho, is the general, the commander, and a red daruma is the one that leads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe doll is ceramic with a glossy enamel finish, cast hollow with a weighted base, the face painted in the crane-and-tortoise strokes of the Takasaki tradition, the body carrying the two characters for opening luck in a circle and a column of smaller characters at each side, with gold streaks at the shoulders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe daruma is the monk who sat facing a wall for nine years, and the doll is his body with no limbs and a weighted base, so it rights itself when knocked over: seven times down, eight times up. You paint one eye when you set a goal and the other when you reach it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePut it where you will see it every day, on a desk, a shelf or a windowsill, facing into the room, and paint the left eye when you set the goal. Knock it over once to see it stand up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe red is the detail: a deep, glossy red that reads as lacquer, with the black face and the gold streaks standing off it, and the characters on the belly in black in a gold-ringed circle. The eyes are painted in, so the wish is granted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery daruma in the collection is photographed at the same scale, so the pages compare: the single dolls are about the height of a hand, the stacked box taller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDust with a soft cloth; wipe with a damp one if it needs it. Paint the eyes with a brush and black ink or a marker. It is ceramic and it breaks, so keep it off the edge of the shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room it is a red egg with a face. From close the face shows its strokes, the belly its circle, and the enamel its shine. It is the daruma for a desk and a person who likes the classic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207751532892,"sku":"14:10","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/shogun-red-daruma-figurine-taisho-1.jpg?v=1790586116","url":"https:\/\/yonaku.com\/products\/shogun-red-daruma-figurine-taisho","provider":"YONAKU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}