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Hinamatsuri
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Hinamatsuri, also called Doll's Day or Girls' Day, is an annual festival in Japan, celebrated on 3 March of each year. Platforms covered with a red carpet material are used to display a set of ornamen
Seven-tiered hina doll set
Seven-tiered hina doll set
Empress Kōjun attending the festival with her daughters, c. 1940
Empress Kōjun attending the festival with her daughters, c. 1940
18th-century mebina, Empress doll, on display at Musée d'ethnographie de Genève
18th-century mebina, Empress doll, on display at Musée d'ethnographie de Genève
18th century obina, Emperor doll, on display at Musée d'ethnographie de Genève
18th century obina, Emperor doll, on display at Musée d'ethnographie de Genève
Children's Day (Japan)
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Children's Day is a public holiday in Japan which takes place annually on May 5 and is the final celebration in Golden Week. It is a day set aside to respect children's personalities and to celebrate
Hinamatsuri
…storage, and girls and their mothers begin setting up the display a few days before 3 March (boys and men normally do not participate, as 5 May, now Children's Day, was historically called "Boys' Day"). Traditionally, the dolls were supposed to be put away by the day after Hinamatsuri, the superstition being that…
Koinobori: The black carp (Magoi) at the top represents the father, the red carp (Higoi) represents the mother, and the last carp represents the child
Koinobori: The black carp (Magoi) at the top represents the father, the red carp (Higoi) represents the mother, and the last carp represents the child (traditionally son), with an additional carp added for each subsequent child with color and position denoting their relative age.
Two samurai dolls (Musha Ningyo, 武者人形)
Two samurai dolls (Musha Ningyo, 武者人形)
Koinobori, nobori and fukinuke (吹貫). "Japanese Festival in Honor of the Birth of Children" from Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs, by J.M.W. Si
Koinobori, nobori and fukinuke (吹貫). "Japanese Festival in Honor of the Birth of Children" from Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs, by J.M.W. Silver, illustrated by native drawings, published in London in 1867
Ukiyo-e by Utagawa Hiroshige depicting koinobori. Edo period
Ukiyo-e by Utagawa Hiroshige depicting koinobori. Edo period