Shop Daruma Dolls
Handcrafted in Japan | Make Your Wishes Come True
Limited quantities imported directly from Japan.
Daimonya is a small family business in Takasaki, Japan. To help with fast & reliable shipping in USA, we use Amazon. For other inquiries, please contact us.
By Color
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Red Daruma Doll
Color Meaning:
Good Luck
Fortune
Blessing
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Gold Daruma Doll
Color Meaning:
Success
Wealth
Propsperity
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Blue Daruma Doll
Color Meaning:
Career Success
Status
Performance
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White Daruma Doll
Color Meaning:
Purity
Peace
Harmony
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Purple Daruma Doll
Color Meaning:
Self-improvement
Enlightenment
New Personality
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Green Daruma Doll
Color Meaning:
Health
Wellness
Fitness
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Pink Daruma Doll
Color Meaning:
Love
Heart
Care
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Orange Daruma Doll
Color Meaning:
Study Success
Learning Improvement
Achievement
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Black Daruma Doll
Color Meaning:
Prevention
Avoidance
Bodyguard
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Yellow Daruma Doll
Color Meaning:
Optimism
Support
Creativity
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DIY Daruma Doll
Meaning:
Paint your own
Custom design
Unique meaning
By Specialty
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Amabie Daruma Doll
Protection against:
Epidemics
Illness
Disaster
How to use a Daruma doll
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Make a wish.
Wishes can be specific to be completed or vague as a reminder to continuously improve.
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Paint one eye.
Painting in any eye is fine, but it's recommended to paint from the left eye from the Daruma's point of view.
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Work towards goal.
Daruma is a physical manifestation of your goal and wishes. It’s in your hands to commit to change or to leave it in the hands of fate.
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Once goal or wish becomes reality, paint in other eye
The drawing of both eyes signifies giving life and soul to the Daruma which means life and soul to your wish. Congratulations!
Daruma design & symbols explained.
Daruma dolls represent perseverance. So many of its design elements represent longevity.
Eyebrows: Styled as cranes, 1,000 years.
Mustache: Styled as turtles, 10,000 years.
Belly: Decorated in kanji. Some popular ones:
福 (fuku): Blessing, fortune, luck, etc.
幸 (shiawase): Happiness, blessing, fortune.
叶 (kanau): To come true, to be realized, to be fulfilled.
Material: Daruma dolls are made of paper, a wonderful contrast of the everlasting wish and impermanent body.
About Daimonya
Daimonya is a leading multi-generational artisan family crafting traditional Daruma dolls from Takasaki, Japan--the birthplace of Daruma dolls.
Fourth-generation artisan Sumizaku Nakata and his daughter, fifth-generation artist Chihiro Nakata, and the Daimonya family handcraft over 70,000 unique Daruma dolls a year.
Each is handpainted, no two Daruma are alike!
The authenticity, the tradition, the art, the culture-- all can be felt when holding a Daimonya Daruma doll.
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