いぬはりこ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of いぬはりこ – see the following entry.

【犬張子】 [noun] a kind of traditional Japanese papier-mâché dog doll, formerly considered to be a 魔除け (mayoke, “ward against evil”) and now either a toy or decoration sold as a souvenir Alternative spelling 犬張り子

(This term, いぬはりこ (inuhariko), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)