いぬはりこ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of いぬはりこ – see the following entry.

[noun] a kind of traditional Japanese papier-mâché dog doll, formerly considered to be a 魔除け (mayoke, “ward against evil”) and now either a toy or decoration sold as a souvenir

Alternative spelling
犬張り子

(This term, いぬはりこ, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

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