Dogu: Did you mean...?

A clay dogu figurine. From Kamikurokoma, Fuefuki-shi, Yamanashi, Japan. Jomon Period, 3000-2000 BCE. (Tokyo National Museum)

This is a headless dogu. Earthenware figures (dogu) were important in the Jomon period and as many as 1000 have been found at some sites. Some seem to represent imaginary animals but most are human in shape. Are they females, or without a...

A terracotta Dogu figurine, Tokoshinai, Japan. Late Jomon period, 2000-1000 BCE. (Musée Guimet, Paris)

The Jomon Period is the earliest historical era of Japanese history which began around 14500 BCE, coinciding with the Neolithic Period in Europe and Asia, and ended around 300 BCE when the Yayoi Period began. The name Jomon, meaning 'cord...

Dogu Figurine, known as the ‘Jomon Venus’ from the Middle Jomon period, 3000–2000 BCE. Excavated from Tanabatake site in Chino, Nagano National Treasure Chino city (housed at Togariishi Museum of Jomon Archaeology) in Nagano, Japan. In contrast...

Dogu Figurine, known as the “Masked Goddess,” Late Jomon period, 2000–1000 BCE. Excavated from Nakappara site in Chino, Nagano National Treasure Chino city (housed at Togariishi Museum of Jomon Archaeology), in Nagano, Japan. This female...

Japanese Figurine of a Female, c. 1000 - 800 BCE, in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. From artsmia.org: Over the years, archaeologists have uncovered many different kinds of clay figurines—dogū—dating to Japan’s prehistoric...