Yuko-chan and the Daruma doll : the adventures of a blind Japanese girl who saves her village /
Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : Tuttle Pub., (Tokyo :) Physical details: 32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. ISBN:9784805311875 (hardcover).
Subject(s):
Bodhidharma dolls
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Dolls
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Buddhist monasteries
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Blind
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People with disabilities
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Orphans
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Japan
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History
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Tokugawa period, 1600-1868
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Year: 2012
Item type:
Print
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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W. Ross Macdonald School Library Children's Area | Fiction | E SEK (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Copy#1 | Available | 2022-0192 |
Cultural notes are included on [p. 33].
After the 1783 eruption of Japan's Mount Asama destroys crops in nearby villages, a orphaned blind girl who lives at the Daruma Temple in Takasaki invents a doll representing a famed Buddhist monk and his teachings about resilience.
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