Tama Daruma dolls have been made since the Edo period (the Ansei era) as folic acid and lucky charms for prosperous business, and are still sold at Daruma markets such as Jindaiji Temple.
 
Most of the Tama Daruma dolls have been vacuum-formed, and now they are hand-stretched Daruma dolls that have become very valuable.
Mr. Toshio Negishi, who is 92 years old, puts Japanese paper on a wooden mold and draws it with a brush.
"I'm clumsy," says Negishi. That clumsiness gives birth to a lovely doll.
 
Body 55g without box Packing 350g
Height 15cm x Width 9cm x Width 7cm