土ど偶ぐう

noun

earthen figure; clay figure

General term for any figure made of clay or earth, not limited to archaeological artifacts.

• この土ど偶ぐうは古こ代だいの儀ぎ式しきに使つかわれたと考かんがえられている。

  This clay figure is thought to have been used in ancient rituals.

noun

dogū; Jōmon clay figurine

Specifically refers to the distinctive clay figurines from the late Jōmon period in Japanese archaeology.

• 遮しゃ光こう器き土ど偶ぐうは縄じょう文もん時じ代だいの代だい表ひょう的てきな土ど偶ぐうの一ひとつです。

  The Shakōki-dogū is one of the representative clay figurines of the Jōmon period.