Japanese Plaster Fukusuke Doll Piggy Bank Statue Lucky Charm Vtg Okimono ST82 kiku This is an original vintage

This is an original vintage Showa Era black and white souvenir photograph of a family posing in front of the Imperial Palace which is located in Tokyo

Packed weight: 2393 grams

lacquer crack on the top corner

Item weight: 452 grams

Japanese Plaster Fukusuke Doll Piggy Bank Statue Lucky Charm Vtg Okimono ST82 kiku This is an original vintageVtg Japanese Plaster Statue Piggy Bank This is a vintage Japanese plaster statue or piggy bank in the shape of Fukusuke ningyo. "Fukusuke ningyo" is a Japanese lucky charm born in the Edo era. It features a large head with a topknot and kneeling in the Seiza style. This statue wears a black kimono and a blue kamishimo, a formal attire for samurai or bushi. There is a design of kanji inside a lucky hammer, uchide no koduchi, on the body. It has a coin