"Koshu Daruma" preparation season Prepare for the first day of spring Kofu City (20/01/12)- Easy News

「甲州だるま」作り最盛期　節分に向け準備　甲府市(20/01/12)

"Koshu Daruma" preparation season Prepare for the first day of spring Kofu City (20/01/12)

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甲州だるまは武田信玄をモチーフにしているといわれ、彫りの深い顔立ちに勇壮なひげが特徴です。
Koshu Daruma is said to have the Shingen Takeda motif, and has a deeply carved face and a brave beard.
今日も朝早くから職人が筆で眉やひげなどを丁寧に仕上げています。
Early in this morning today, artisans are still carefully refining their eyebrows and beards with a brush.
気軽に飾れる小さめのものがよく売れるということです。
These well-decorated small Koshu Daruma are easy to sell.
この工房では今年1000個ほど作る予定で、来月の節分などに販売されます。
This year, it is expected to make about 1,000 ones, and sell them on the first day of spring next month.

甲州だるまは武田信玄をモチーフにしているといわれ、彫りの深い顔立ちに勇壮なひげが特徴です。

深い

Deep; profound; dense, thick; close (relationship); intense, strong; late

特徴

Feature, trait, characteristic, peculiarity, distinction

彫り

Carving, engraving; chiselled features

顔立ち

Looks, features

モチーフ

Motif

勇壮

heroic, brave, majestic, soul-stirring, lively, gallant
今日も朝早くから職人が筆で眉やひげなどを丁寧に仕上げています。

丁寧

Polite, courteous, civil; careful, close, thorough, conscientious

筆

Writing brush

今日

Today, this day; these days, recently, nowadays

職人

Worker, mechanic, artisan, craftsman

朝

Dynasty; reign; period, epoch, age; court; north korea

仕上げる

To finish up, to complete, to finish off, to get through, to polish off

眉

Eyebrow, eyebrows

早くから

Early on, earlier on, from early
気軽に飾れる小さめのものがよく売れるということです。

売れる

To sell (well); to be well known, to be popular, to be famous

気軽

Carefree, buoyant, lighthearted, sprightly; ease

小さめ

Smallish, on the small side
この工房では今年1000個ほど作る予定で、来月の節分などに販売されます。

予定

Plans, arrangement, schedule, program, programme, expectation, estimate

販売

Sales, selling, marketing

個

Counter for articles; counter for military units; individual

今年

This year

作る

To make, to produce, to manufacture, to build, to construct; to prepare (food), to brew (alcohol); to raise, to grow, to cultivate, to train; to till; to draw up (a document), to make out, to prepare, to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.), to compose; to coin (a phrase), to organize, to organise, to establish, to found; to have (a child); to make up (one''s face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)

来月

Next month

工房

Workshop, studio

節分

Last day of winter in the traditional japanese calendar (usually february 3 or 4), holiday for end of winter (accompanied by a bean scattering ceremony); last day of any season (according to the traditional japanese calendar)