\\ Welcome to bulk purchases // Discounts are available for multiple items, so feel free to consult in the comment section before offering or purchasing. For single items as well, feel free to use the "comment section" or "price reduction request" ^^ (→ It's smoother if you provide a price) ...... This is a wooden fighting dog doll, a local toy from Kochi Prefecture. Similar to the bullfights in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku has a culture of animal fights, including fighting dogs and fighting cocks, since ancient times. This one is a yokozuna dog wearing a decorative belt. It's made with cloth and Japanese paper, and the craftsmanship is elaborate. It can be used as a paperweight or weight, or as a Showa-retro ornament, object, doll, or decoration for interior design... It might also be good as a bookend for small books the size of a paperback. Also recommended for those looking for wooden toys, crafts, folk crafts, woodwork, animal goods and dolls with wood grain carvings or single-knife carvings. ✔︎ Since it's an old item, there are stains, scratches, color fading, and small chips. Please purchase only if you understand antiques, old tools, and old items. ◉ Size Approx. 14 x 6 x 8.5 cm Also recommended for those who like Sasano Itto-bori, triangular Daruma dolls, Akabeko, pigeon whistles, MUJI, Dala horses, creative Kokeshi dolls, Imado ware, Tomiya Sawada Shoten, Sewapororo, Mingei, pigeon cars, Fushimi dolls, creative Kokeshi dolls, Nozawa Folk Crafts, Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten, Kazuyuki Kuribayashi, Yuki Nishio, Organ-sha, Kuma-bokko, papier-mâché, Maruna Kokeshi, Papier-mâché and Keiko Shibata, Antique markets, Naruto Kokeshi and Brocante, Mr. Akira Suzuki, Kurashiki Design, Konosu dolls, flea markets, Azumaya and Sagara dolls, papier-mâché and Alexander Girard, Mexican wood carving, Alebrije folk art, Old folk tools and old folk houses, Maneki Neko, wooden bears, Fukusuke, Yonagado, erz for those who like Germany Natural Living, Kunel, BRUTUS, Kurashi no Techo, and Premium, Popeye, BEAMS Fenica, claska, Keibunsha, Matsunoya, idee, 北欧暮らしの道具店, Quatre Saisons, collex, TODAY'S SPECIAL, Kurashiki Design, URBAN RESEARCH DOORS, Toy Road Works and Human Made, Yachiko Daruma, Ritsuko Imai, Minori Kai and Azumaya, Birds Words and BEAMS JAPAN, katakata, Morito Toyonaga, Senshukai and Brocante, etc. 444.28