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🎎 Ceramic Dōsojin Couple Bell – Late Shōwa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (1)
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🎎 Ceramic Dōsojin Couple Bell – Late Shōwa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (3)
🎎 Ceramic Dōsojin Couple Bell – Late Shōwa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (4)
🎎 Ceramic Dōsojin Couple Bell – Late Shōwa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (5)
🎎 Ceramic Dōsojin Couple Bell – Late Shōwa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (6)
🎎 Ceramic Dōsojin Couple Bell – Late Shōwa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (7)
🎎 Ceramic Dōsojin Couple Bell – Late Shōwa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (1)
🎎 Ceramic Dōsojin Couple Bell – Late Shōwa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (2)
🎎 Ceramic Dōsojin Couple Bell – Late Shōwa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (3)
🎎 Ceramic Dōsojin Couple Bell – Late Shōwa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (4)
🎎 Ceramic Dōsojin Couple Bell – Late Shōwa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (5)
🎎 Ceramic Dōsojin Couple Bell – Late Shōwa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (6)
🎎 Ceramic Dōsojin Couple Bell – Late Shōwa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (7)

🎎 Ceramic Dōsojin Couple Bell – Late Shōwa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow

$127.87 NZD

🎎 This charming hand-formed ceramic bell depicts a pair of Dōsojin (道祖神)—Shinto folk deities revered across Japan as guardians of travelers, village boundaries, and marital harmony. Carved in relief within a smooth, stone-like form, the couple’s figures are quietly nestled together, symbolizing affection, unity, and protection.

Often seen in roadside stone markers in rural Japan, Dōsojin are especially beloved for blessing unions, fostering happy households, and safeguarding journeys. This smaller, indoor form is fitted with an orange cord for hanging, making it an ideal gift for a wedding, anniversary, or as a talisman for the home.

Likely dating from the late Shōwa era (c. 1970s–1980s), the bell’s pale speckled surface and warm hand-feel recall natural river stones, while the two red paper labels—now softly faded with time—bear inscriptions: 道祖神 (Dōsojin) and 花咲縁道 (“Blossoming Path of Connection”), a poetic phrase evoking flourishing relationships and good fortune.

📏 Approximate dimensions
• Weight: 80 g
• Height: 8 cm (excluding cord)
• Width: 6 cm
• Depth: 5 cm
• Period: Late Shōwa era (c. 1970s–1980s)
• Condition: Very good; minor scuffs from past handling; no chips or cracks; stickers slightly faded from age

Curated in Shizuoka City by softypapa, this Dōsojin bell offers a tangible link to Japan’s folk traditions and the enduring wish for safe journeys and loving bonds. Whether displayed at home or given to a couple embarking on life together, it carries with it centuries of symbolic meaning.

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