Japanese dolls

thumb|The character Osono, from the play , in a performance by the Tonda Puppet Troupe of Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture

thumb|Maneki-neko with motorized arm beckons customers to buy lottery tickets in Tokyo, Japan

, also called '''Doll's Day or Girls' Day''', is an annual festival in Japan (but not a national holiday), celebrated on 3March of each year. Platforms covered with a red carpet material are used to display a set of representing the emperor, empress, attendants, and musicians in traditional court dress of the Heian period.

traditional Japanese doll modeled after Bodhidharma, the founder of the Zen sect of Buddhism

thumb|Kokeshi thumb|Finishing a kokeshi thumb|Modern kokeshi are simple wooden Japanese dolls with no arms or legs that have been crafted for more than 150 years as a toy for children. Originally from the Tohoku region in northern Honshu, kokeshi are handmade from wood, having a simple trunk and head with a few thin, painted lines to define the face. The body often has floral and/or ring designs painted in red, black, and sometimes green, purple, blue, or yellow inks, and covered with a layer of wax. Since the 1950s, kokeshi makers have signed their work, usually on the bottom and sometimes o

thumb|Dogū, Ebisuda site in Tajiri, Miyagi|Tajiri, [[Miyagi Prefecture, 1000–400 BC.]]

thumb|Haniwa Warrior in Keiko Armor|Haniwa warrior in keikō type armor, Ōta, [[Gunma Prefecture, c. 6th century AD. Height: . National Treasure of Japan]] thumbnail|Haniwa figure of a woman, 5th–6th century. Earthenware. Excavation point unknown. This figure is considered to represent a high-ranking woman, possibly a shaman or priestess. The figure is fragmentary: the arms are missing and, like many extant haniwa, it has been reassembled from shards.

Japanese doll

traditional Japanese puppet

traditional Japanese dolls

thumb|A tiny sarubobo, intended to be hung from a mobile phone is a Japanese amulet, particularly associated with the town of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture. Sarubobo are red human-shaped dolls, with no facial features, made in a variety of sizes. Traditionally, sarubobo are made by grandmothers for their grandchildren as dolls, and for their daughters as a charm for good marriage, good children and to ensure a well-rounded couple.

thumb|An Akabeko toy

thumb|Okiagari-kobōshi from Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima is a Japanese traditional doll. The toy is made from papier-mâché and is a roly-poly toy, designed so that its weight causes it to return to an upright position if it is knocked over. Okiagari-kobōshi is considered a good-luck charm and a symbol of perseverance and resilience (including for Daruma versions).

1927 international exchange between the United States and Japan

thumb|An example of a Fukusuke doll are traditional dolls associated with good luck in Japan. A Fukusuke doll is the depiction of a man kneeling seiza style, with a large head and a topknot.

traditional Japanese clay dolls originating from Fukuoka, Japan

Japanese collectible figurines

lifelike life-size Japanese dolls

Japanese dollmaker

thumb|right|Miharu-koma (alt. Miharu-goma) are angular, brightly coloured, wooden toy horses produced as folk art in Miharu, Fukushima, Japan.