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Noun
1. earthen figure; clay figure
Noun
2. dogū; clay figurines from the late Jōmon period
Wikipedia definition
3. Dogūare small humanoid and animal figurines made during the late Jōmon period (14,000–400 BC) of prehistoric Japan. Dogū come exclusively from the Jōmon period. By the Yayoi period, which followed the Jōmon period, Dogū were no longer made. There are various styles of Dogū, depending on exhumation area and time period. According to the National Museum of Japanese History, the total number found throughout Japan is approximately 15,000.
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