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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 339650, member: 2844&quot;]They are Japanese. </p><p>The man with the big eyes is Daruma Daishi (Bodhidharma), the Buddhist teacher who founded Chan Buddhism in China, which became Zen in Japan.</p><p>He is portrayed with large, bulging eyes because he is said to have cut off his eyelids so he wouldn&#039;t fall asleep during his quest for enlightenment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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