Miharu horse

Japanese: 三春駒 - みはるごま
Miharu horse

This is a local toy (gangu) made in Takashiba, Nishida-cho, Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture (formerly the territory of the Miharu Domain). Its origins date back to the Heian period, when Sakanoue no Tamuramaro attacked the Ezo, and a legend of a herd of horses appeared as reinforcements. It is said that when a wooden horse was carved in the shape of this horse and given to children, all of them grew up healthy, so it came to be called the "child-rearing wooden horse" (kinma). This wooden horse has an excellent shape and is said to be one of the "Three Horses of Japan," along with the Yawatauma (Aomori Prefecture) and Kinoshita-koma (Miyagi Prefecture). It is still called the wooden horse (kinma) locally today. There are various sizes, and in 1954 (Showa 29), the year of the horse, it was used as a design for New Year's postage stamps.

[Ryosuke Saito]

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Miharukoma
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Miharukoma


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

福島県郡山(こおりやま)市西田町高柴(たかしば)(旧三春藩領)産の郷土玩具(がんぐ)。起源は平安時代、坂上田村麻呂(さかのうえのたむらまろ)が蝦夷(えぞ)を攻めた際に、援軍として現れた馬群の伝説に由来する。この馬の姿を模して木馬を刻み、子供に与えたところ、いずれも健やかに育ったので子育て木馬(きんま)とよぶようになったという。優れた形をしている木馬で、八幡馬(やわたうま)(青森県)、木下(きのした)駒(宮城県)と並んで「日本三駒」などともいわれる。土地では現在も木馬(きんま)ともいう。大小各種があり、1954年(昭和29)の午(うま)年には、年賀切手の図案に採用された。

[斎藤良輔]

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三春駒
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三春駒


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