Yuko-chan and the Daruma doll : the adventures of a blind Japanese girl who saves her village /

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by Seki, Sunny,
[ ] Published by : Tuttle Pub., (Tokyo :) Physical details: 32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. Subject(s): Daruma dolls --Fiction. | Dolls --Fiction. | Buddhist monasteries --Fiction. | Blind people --Fiction. | People with disabilities --Fiction. | Orphans --Fiction. | Japan --History --Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 --Fiction. Year : 2012 Item type :
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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.