Dogu

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Revision as of 01:38, 21 May 2023 by Bmezine (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<html><div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" id="mw-content-text" lang="en"><p><b>Dogu</b> are clay figurines that were produced in ancient Japan during the Edo period. Scholars consider that some dogus show <a href="/index.php?title=Tattoo" title="Tattoo">tattoo</a>-like markings on their faces and bodies. The oldest dogus whose faces have a depiction of tattooing were found near Osaka in <a href="/index.php?title=1977" title="1977">1977</a> and are dated at 10,000 B. C....")
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Dogu are clay figurines that were produced in ancient Japan during the Edo period. Scholars consider that some dogus show tattoo-like markings on their faces and bodies. The oldest dogus whose faces have a depiction of tattooing were found near Osaka in 1977 and are dated at 10,000 B. C. ~ 300 B. C.