The Jomon earthenware "nyonin (woman) dogu" figurine that had been posted on the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Cultural Heritage Online portal before being removed due to allegations it was a forgery.

Jomon, who owned a paramedical training institute in Kuruppanthara, was arrested in December 2017. “It was around 7.30 p.m.. They handcuffed me in front of my wife and our two small children.

Expressions of Jomon spirituality were given tangible form in objects such as lacquered pots, clay tablets with the impression of feet, the famous goggle eyed dogu figurines, as well as in ritual ...

TOKYO -- Three artifacts described as "dogu" earthenware figurines from Japan's ancient Jomon period were removed from the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Cultural Heritage Online portal after ...