Japanese Hariko "Akabeko" Red Cows (with nodding head)
Japanese Hariko "Akabeko" Red Cows (with nodding head)
Japanese Hariko "Akabeko" Red Cows (with nodding head)
Japanese Hariko "Akabeko" Red Cows (with nodding head)
Japanese Hariko "Akabeko" Red Cows (with nodding head)
Japanese Hariko "Akabeko" Red Cows (with nodding head)
Japanese Hariko "Akabeko" Red Cows (with nodding head)
Japanese Hariko "Akabeko" Red Cows (with nodding head)
Japanese Hariko "Akabeko" Red Cows (with nodding head)
Japanese Hariko "Akabeko" Red Cows (with nodding head)
Japanese Hariko "Akabeko" Red Cows (with nodding head)
Japanese Hariko "Akabeko" Red Cows (with nodding head)
Japanese Hariko "Akabeko" Red Cows (with nodding head)
Japanese Hariko "Akabeko" Red Cows (with nodding head)
Japanese Hariko "Akabeko" Red Cows (with nodding head)
Japanese Hariko "Akabeko" Red Cows (with nodding head)

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Japanese Hariko "Akabeko" Red Cows (with nodding head)

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Japanese "Akabeko" red cow figures, hand made using the "Hariko" technique. 

In red white and gold, these "nodding head" cows represent the legendary "Akabeko" red bull, which embodies a zealous devotion to Buddha. 

In two sizes - small and standing, or large and sitting.

Small
height: 6cm
width: 5cm
length: 12cm

Large
height: 11.5cm
width: 9cm
depth: 12cm

Paper-mache.
Hand made in Japan.


See our full range of both contemporary and vintage Japanese Hariko figures.


In Japanese, "Hariko" means paper craft. It is said that this papier-mache technique came down from China in around the Muromachi period. It spread around Japan and has been used for such as folk toys.

 

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