Oriental Zodiac Sign of the Year "Rabbit" Wooden doll

1This is a zodiac doll made by Tatsumura Bijutsu Orimono with a wish to drive away evil spirits and bring good fortune in the new year. The cute form of the "Rabbit" Kimekomi doll is very popular. The surface of the doll is decorated with a new design of "Nami Usagi Yuki-wa-mon," "Budo Karakusa-mon Nishiki," "gold melon," and "Kikumomi" to bring good fortune. We hope you will display the "Rabbit" Kimekomi doll, the Chinese zodiac sign of the Chinese zodiac, a symbol that brings happiness, at your home as you welcome the New Year.

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Body decoration:Sweden Hana Usagi(Swedish Flower and Rabbit)
In the Nordic countries, people loved textile fabrics to spend the long and the cold winter in warm and comfortable. They even enjoyed to weave fabrics by themselves, and made their own weaving technique and designs. In Bohus region, western part of Sweden, they have an unique textile called "Finnvav Weave and Design" since the Medieval Ages.
The pattern of this brocade is modeled after one of the "Finnvav" designs, depicting rabbits playing in the flowering field as if they have been waiting for the spring to come after a long period of winter time.
We have here woven into warp-patterned brocade, with our exquisite weaving technique, the happy spring design of good omen reserving the "Finnvav" atmosphere.

Around the neck:Gold Melon
A pattern of a fruit skin, grown by receiving the nature’s favor, shows the rich and various expression which provide artists with the beauty of a creative work. The design of this brocade was modeled on melon skin which can never be thought by people’s sensibility, and the design was woven into the tasteful brocade with our refined weaving technique.

Face and body:Budo Karakusa-mon Nishiki(Brocade with Grapevine Arabesques)
The original of this reproduction is a weft-patterned brocade in twill weave, with a design in yellow on a purple ground. The pattern consists of a flower with four double-petals and points in the center as a main motif, surrounded in an octagonal form with vine arabesques with leaves, grapes and scrolls in a symmetrical arrangement. The curve of the arabesques is exquisite and the composition is well-balanced, though somewhat complicated, showing the high level of the graphical presentation of the time. Undoubtedly, it is the most graceful masterpiece among the large number of fabrics of the similar design preserved in the Sh?s?in - the wooden storehouse at T?daiji temple, Nara, housing several thousand precious ornamental and fine art objects from the 8th century, many of which were donated by Empress K?my?, consert of Emperor Sh?mu (701-756).

Ears:Kiku Momi(Brocade with Design of Crumple in Chrysanthemum Shape)
The pattern of this brocade is originated from a design of an artistic work on paper lacquered with silver and gold entitled to ?-kiku-momi, meaning crumple in chrysanthemum-shape, having been preserved in K?etsu-ji temple in Kyoto made by Hon ,ami K?etsu who lived in the Momoyama period (1573A.D.-1630A.D.) during which time the Japanese culture had ever been flourished, and was called a genius of all kinds of art. This brocade is skillfully woven leaving the abstract and the three-dimentional effect of the original work.