Yamabiko (山彦) poseable art doll [PREORDER]

**This Iisting is for a PREORDER item. Production will start after the order is placed. Estimated production time: two months, but it can vary depending on the current amount of commissions in process**

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ABOUT THE ART DOLL:

This listing is for a handmade, Yamabiko (山彦) art doll. It stands about 26cm tall.

The head, hands and feet are 3D printed and painted with acrylics.

The body is hand-sewn using faux fur fabrics. This sculpture is poseable and can adopt different poses due to its inner armature made with plastic ball and socket pieces.

Due to the hand making process, the final product may differ a bit in colors from the one in the pictures. Each creation is unique.

**Note this is not a toy but a collector’s piece of art that must be handled with care as it is delicate. A bad use of it can damage the whole piece and repairing it can be difficult.**

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About Yamabiko (山彦) IN JAPANESE FOLKLORE (extracted from Yokai.com by Matthew Meyer):

The wilds of Japan are full of strange phenomena, like echoes that bounce back with more delay than they should, or that come back slightly different from the original sound. When the false echo comes from the forest, it is usually attributed to a kodama. When it comes from the mountains, it is due to something called a yamabiko. They are small, appearing like a cross between a dog and a wild monkey.

Yamabiko are known almost exclusively by their voices. They are skilled at mimicking any sound, including natural sounds, human language, and trains and cars. They occasionally unleash terrible and mysterious screams deep in the forests that can carry for long distances.

Little is known about these yōkai due to their rarity and elusiveness. They live deep in the mountains and make their homes in camphor trees, in close proximity to (and sharing a common ancestry with) other tree and mountain spirits. For many centuries, their calls were speculated to be a kind of rare bird, or other kinds of yōkai, or even natural phenomena. It wasn’t until the Edo period—when determined yōkai researchers like Sawaki Sūshi and Toriyama Sekien began making illustrated yokai bestiaries—that this creature’s form was decided.