JAPANESE

Edo Koma by Masaaki Hiroi

250 photos (230 tops) exhibited

CONTENTS [untranslated]
1. FUKUSUKE
2. BALANCING TOY
3. SHICHIFUKUJIN
4. ROPEDANCING
5. MOMOTARO
6. SHEEP etc.
7. TREASURE SHIP
8. DARUMA
9. VEHICLES
10. KYOKUGOMA
11. PIERROT
12. SHOGUN
Edo koma with mechanisms
1. What happened ?
2. Putting on/off a mask

Made byMasaaki HiroiKanagawa, Japan
Owned byFukagawa Edo MuseumTokyo, Japan
Photos byEiji Ohashie-mail <eohashi@kikimimi.ne.jp>


Edo : old name of Tokyo (the capital of Japan).
Koma : tops in Japanese. Koma came to Japan about a thousand years ago from China.

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