Akabeko - Red Cow Size:Extra Large #5 Sankahakuu

Sankahakuu

Saruwaka-cho was a theater town where all the theaters in Edo gathered and was named after the founder of Edo Kabuki

and provides extreme comfort

and color of the randomly placed panels

often painted with intricate and beautiful designs

Akabeko - Red Cow Size:Extra Large #5 SankahakuuAkabeko is a folk toy with a 400 year history, made of hariko (papier mch) in the shape of a cow with a bobbing head. From Aizu in Fukushima Prefecture, in the northeastern Thoku region of Japan, its name translates as red cow in the local dialect (aka is red and beko is cow). Akabeko is not only a toy or an ornament, but a talisman of good fortune and health, as well as a symbol of the Aizu region. The lacquered toy is made out of two pieces the body