 Daruma doll
Daruma dolls at Shorinzan Daruma-ji, Takasaki, Japan
A daruma doll with one eye filled in for wishing.Daruma dolls (’B–�, daruma?),
also known as dharma dolls, are hollow and round Japanese wish dolls with no
arms or legs, modeled after Bodhidharma, the founder and first patriarch of
Zen.[1] Typical colors are red (most common), yellow, green, and white. The
doll has a face with a mustache and beard, but its eyes only contain the color
white. Using black ink, one fills in a single circular eye while thinking of
a wish. Should the wish later come true, the second eye is filled in. It is
traditional to fill in the right eye first; the left eye is left blank until
the wish is fulfilled.
Many of the Daruma dolls are male but there is a female
daruma doll. It is called hime daruma or "princess daruma."
(From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Red : Good Luck & Fortune
White : Purity
Yellow or Gold : Money & fame
Black: Prevention of Bad Luck
Orange : School Success
Blue : Education & Work Status
Green: Health & Fitness
Purple : Self-improvement & Personality
Pink: Love & Romance
Silver :Social Status
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