Rain Repellent Doll

Rain Doll  or teruteru bozu (てるてる坊主 (teru-teru-bozu))

It is a small doll that Japanese people like to hang in front of the house. When you want the weather to be clear The appearance of the rain-repelling doll is a white cloth doll. The head is round and the face is written. Occasionally, farmers hang upside-down rain dolls to ask for rain. At present, some dolls are still hung to repel the rain. Especially homes with young children.

Rain-repelling dolls or teruteru bosu, with the word teru in Japanese meaning “sunny” and bozu meaning monk, like a priest doll made for blessings. Japan inherited this custom from China around the Heian period. China has a wishing doll that is a girl doll holding a broom called the Shao Qingniang doll. (The girl who removes the rain clouds) It is believed that a broom can remove bad things. There is a record from an ancient book that records a passage about the Shao Qingniang doll that says… “It has been raining for too long. ”