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Name: Yuko-chan and the Daruma doll
Author: Sunny Seki

📘 Yuko-chan and the Daruma doll by Sunny Seki

After the 1783 eruption of Japan's Mount Asama destroys crops in nearby villages, a orphaned blind girl who lives at the Daruma Temple in Takasaki invents a doll representing a famed Buddhist monk and his teachings about resilience.

First publish date: 2012

Authors: Sunny Seki

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