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March 3 is Hinamatsuri (Doll
Festival), the day to hope for
the uneventful growth and
good fortune of girls. People
decorate their houses with
Hina ("Hina" means "small")
dolls and peach flowers. It is
believed that Hina dolls take
over misfortunes and
troubles falling on girls

3.
The day is the second of
the gosekku (the five
annual ceremonies that
were traditionally held at
the Japanese imperial
court) and is also known
as Momo no Sekku,
since it is the season of
peach ("momo") flowers

4.
A group of dolls dressed in
traditional court dress of the
Heian period called “Hinaningyo”
are displayed in the home of the
family that has a young daughter.
The dolls represent members of
the ancient imperial court, and
displayed on tiers of shelves

5.
Platforms covered with a red
carpet are used to display a
set of ornamental dolls
representing the Emperor,
Empress, attendants, and
musicians in traditional court
dress of the Heian period

6.
An Emperor doll
with an Empress
doll, in front of a
painted screen

7.
The Emperor, Dairitono The Empress, Dairihime

8.
An Emperor doll with an
Empress doll, in front of
a gold screen

9.
The Emperor and the
Empress (called “Dairi-Bina”)
are displayed on the top shelf

10.
The dolls
represent
members of the
ancient imperial
court, and
displayed on tiers
of shelves
Dairihime
The Empress

11.
The Emperor and the
Empress are displayed
on the top shelf, three
court ladies (“Sannin-
Kanjo”) each holding
Sake equipment, five
musicians (“Gonin
Bayashi”), two ministers
(“Udaijin” and
“Sadaijin”), and three
servants are typically
arrayed below them

12.
Three court ladies
(“Sannin-Kanjo”)

13.
Three court ladies
(“Sannin-Kanjo”)
The mission of 3 doll is
poured sake for the king
and queen

14.
Five musicians (“Gonin Bayashi”)

15.
Edo Drummer

16.
Musicians
(“Gonin Bayashi”)

17.
“Hinamatsuri”
dates from
medieval times
but the custom
of displaying
dolls in today’s
fashion started
around 18th

18.
Families starts to display the
dolls in February, and store
them away immediately after
the festival, as it is believed
that leaving the dolls displayed
late after the festival would
result in late marriage for the
daughter

19.
Two ministers (“Udaijin”
and “Sadaijin”), one old
and one young

20.
Small representative
furniture and food are
also displayed on the
lower shelves

21.
Tsurushibina (Hanging Hina Dolls)
is a traditional Japanese craftwork, which
is hung both sides of a hina-doll-altar for
the first hinamatsuri of the first daughter to
wish her good health and good
relationships for the future. It was also a
substitute for hina-doll-altars for ordinary
folks in old age

22.
Tsurushibina
(Hanging Hina
Dolls)

23.
The dolls are often
passed from
generations to
generations, mother
to daughter

24.
Dolls have been a part
of Japanese culture for
many years, and the
phenomenon of
collecting them is still
practiced.
Many collections are
preserved in museums,
including the Peabody
Essex Museum, Kyoto
National Museum, and
the Yodoko Guest
House

25.
Every year, the Hina
Ningyo (Hina doll set)
are taken out of their
boxes and are placed on
stepped platforms laid
with red cloth – a ritual
that little girls enjoy and
older women recall with
fond nostalgia

26.
Though they were made for
little girls, the Japanese dolls
are not the typical toys that
children play with. In fact,
they are actually quite
expensive as they are
handmade, with their faces
hand-painted and silk kimono
hand-sewn by master
craftsmen

27.
There are many other
additional figures on
display over the whole
five tiers, but it is also
common to find
simplified displays
which include only the
top tier

28.
Traditional paper tachibina, emblem of hina matsuri Hina doll mouse, wearing a kimono

29.
Now exist simplified Hina Dolls: A pair of clay Hina figurines as well
as a pair of round Hina wooden Kokeshi. It is also common to find
the imperial pair in anthropomorphic form, such zodiac animal or in
this case, a pair of Hina Maneki Neko. Additionally, they may also be
in the form of paper dolls, origami, chirimen craftworks, or framed
drawing, and so forth.

30.
In Hinamatsuri holidays, Japanese
children also enjoy a variety of dishes
typical of this festival. In particular,
indispensable Hishi-mochi cakes are
made in the form of diamond with
bright colors, symbolizing the vitality of
spring

31.
Hishimochi
Hishimochi and Hina-Arare

32.
Hina Arare is
colorful and cute
small rice cracker.
Colors of these
rice crackers have
meanings in it.
White represents
the earth of the
winter, pink and
red represent the
life, and green
represents green
shoots in the
spring. Hina Arare
is the snack which
shows our
expectation that
spring will come
soon after the
long cold winter.

33.
People also say
that you will live
healthy for this
coming year as
you eat each
color of Hina
Arare

34.
Shirozake/ Amaze is a type of sake
made from fermented rice. It is an
indispensable drink for the Hina
Matsuri celebrations
Japanese believe Shirozake will
free them of illness to sustain
youthfulness
Amazake is a low or non-alcoholic drink made from fermented rice koji. It is
served warm and available as a liquid or powder mix, in a can or bottle.
Shirozake, a sweet, pulpy liquor, made with shochu, mochi, mirin, and koji,
is sold next to seasonal pink beer cans.

35.
Typically, food such as below are served at
Hinamatsuri festival:
“Hishimochi”, diamond shape rice cake
“Hina-Arare”, bite size crackers
“Shirozake”, sake made from fermented rice
“Hamaguri”, clam with shells served with salt-
base soup
“Chirashi-Sushi”, scattered Sushi Hina Matsuri Flower Sushi

36.
“Chirashizushi” -
Scattered Sushi
It is a dish of
vinegared sushi
rice topped with
colorful seafood
and vegetable
ingredients, served
in a large bowl or
on a plate.
Beautifully
arranged ‘artistic’
dish is often
prepared for
celebrating special
occasions or
festivals, such as
the Doll Festival,
the Girls’ Festival
on March 3

37.
The dish is usually served
cold, and the topped
ingredients are typically
cooked seafood and
vegetables, rather than raw
“Sashimi”.
Standard toppings include;
•Simmered “Shiitake”
Mushrooms
•Vinegared “Renkon”, Lotus
Roots
•Shredded “Nori”, Seaweed
•“Kinshi Tamago”, Shredded
Egg Crepes
•“Nianago”, Broiled Conger Eel
•Cooked Shrimps
•“Ikura”, Salmon Roe

38.
Ingredients they put in Chirashizushi
have meanings as well, Lotus roots is
for seeing through things will happen
in the future, shrimps for living for a
long life till your back will be bent like
shrimps are and so on...

39.
They also eat osuimono (clear soup)
made of clams. Because clams are
double-shelled with the shells
forming a pair parents hope their
daughters will find a lifelong partner
Hamaguri Ushio-jiru
Clams are eaten because they consist of two perfect halves which only fit each other and
symbolize the ideal couple, just like the Emperor and the Empress dolls

40.
Hinacake

41.
Over hundreds of years of history, the festival for girls
at March 3 has become a unique culture in the life of
Japanese people

42.
Hina Ningyo (Girl’s Day Dolls) Sushi
Mizuno Toshikata, ca.1900

43.
Nagashi Bina (kind of Hina matsuri doll)

44.
There are also some other
customs people do depending
on the religion. One of them is
“Nagashi Bina” which people
throw dolls made from paper
into the river in order to get
bad lucks away

45.
Sandawara
(small round
boat made of
straw)

46.
The ceremony of "Nagashibina”
(dolls floated downriver) is
traditional ceremony to pray for
good health

47.
Putting dolls of pair (wife and
husband) with rice cake and
branch of peach on
"Sandawara” (small round boat
made of straw) and release it
on the flow of Sendaigawa
(river).

48.
Nagashi-bina is
an event that
involves dispelling
impurities and
misfortunes by
floating dolls away
on water

49.
Sandawara
(small round
boat made of
straw)

50.
Maiko

51.
In earlier days
Nagashi-bina took
place all over Japan,
but the practice has
died out in most
areas.
Only in Tottori City
and Mochigase-cho in
Tottori Prefecture
does nagashi-bina
survive today

52.
As Nagashi-bina
has become
quite a rare
event, in recent
years it has
come to attract
visitors by the
busload

53.
As Nagashi-bina
has become
quite a rare
event, in recent
years it has
come to attract
visitors by the
busload

54.
It is designated as
intangible folk cultural
asset by the prefecture

55.
“Nagashi Bina”

56.
Another custom is
to display Hina
dolls on a tiered
stand which is
high like a
pyramid

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Sound: Toshinori Yonekura - Baby baby baby
2016