Title: Yuko-chan and the Daruma doll
Description: 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.
Subjects: Blind, Bodhidharma dolls, Orphans, Buddhist monasteries, Fiction, People with disabilities, History, Dolls, Children's fiction, Orphans, fiction, Japan, fiction, People with disabilities, fiction, Blind, fiction, Dolls, fiction
Places: Japan
Time periods: Tokugawa period, 1600-1868