Locally grown bamboo is used in producing these bamboo figures of about five or six centimetres in length, modeled after Awa Odori dancers. Patient craftsmanship breathes life into the simple and natural materials, each doll slightly different from the next.

The traditional craft of making bamboo dolls that depict the culture of Tokushima is based on the motif of Awa Odori dancers pioneered by Yoshihara Fujita from Naruto City, who began making such bamboo figures after World War II.