Making a windup doll

The windup doll of the Taketa shrine is a handmade doll. This doll is made of the parts of the head, a trunk, a hand, and a leg. The body knits a bamboo. The same body is used every year. On the other hand, the head makes newly every year and it inserts in the body. Finally it dresses with clothes. And a samurai's doll is completed.

• Place: Humoto, Kaseda, Kagoshima, Japan.
• Day: July 3-4, 2003
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