haniwa

[ hah-nee-wah ]

noun,plural ha·ni·wa.
  1. any of the terra-cotta models of people, animals, and houses from the Yayoi period of Japanese culture.

Origin of haniwa

1
1965–70; <Japanese, earlier faniwa, equivalent to fani red clay + wa wheel

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