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
Themes
Genres: Fiction
Categories: Beautiful Life
Content: Bi/multilingual, Disability
Settings: Eastern Asia, Japan
Ethnicity: Japanese
Gender: Boy/Man, Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: Asian/Pacific Islander/Asian American
Religion: Buddhist
Character Prominence: Dominant Main, Secondary