Written on Daruma

[Yazi]

What does the writing say on my daruma?

 

[thomas]

寿

kotobuki​

 

[nice gaijin]

Also, this daruma has neither eye filled in, it's tradition to fill in his left eye when a goal is set, then do the other one when the goal is met. The dolls are also designed such that they can't be knocked over, a nod to Bodhidharma's mythology of sitting unmoving for 9 years in meditation. This is why the Japanese version of "Red light, green light, 1 2 3" is called "daruma-san ga koronda," or "Daruma fell over"

Daruma doll - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Yazi]

寿

kotobuki​

Thank you

 

[Yazi]

Thank you