赤べこは、子どもの誕生を祝い、魔除けをする民芸品です。400年も前から作られており、大きいサイズのものは希少価値が高いです。木会津藩士が子どもが強く健やかに育つようにと祈って贈るのが習わしでした。昔は「魔除け牛」や「招き牛」と呼ばれ、魔除けや疫病除けの縁起物。赤べこは首が動くデザインでもあり、触ると首が前後に動きます。見た目も愛らしくて海外でも大人気です。ぜひご活用ください。

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Akabeko is a folk art item that celebrates the birth of a child and wards off evil spirits. It has been made for 400 years, and the larger sizes are rare and valuable. It is made by pasting washi paper on a wooden mold, removing it from the mold, attaching a backing, applying a base coat, dyeing it red, and painting it. It was the custom of the Aizu samurai to give it as a gift, praying that the child would grow strong and healthy. In the past, it was called "evil-warding cow" or "lucky cow," and has been loved by the people of Aizu in the Tohoku region as a lucky charm to ward off evil spirits and epidemics.Akabeko is also designed with a movable neck, and when you touch it, its neck moves back and forth. It is very popular because of its adorable appearance.