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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