I desplayed girls dolls before on March 3, celebrate the Girls festival.
We called "Momono sekku".
"Momono sekku" is only for girls, We displayed dolls. ( But this is for family who has a girl.)
From long time ago, when you still coutinue displayed this dolls after on March 3,
we said daughter can't marry at certain age.
Therefore, prevent from this bad things,( I don't know this is really bad or not at nowadays.)
most of familiy put this dolls before the day and put them back before on March 4.
( Our culuture has a typical idea about the age of marridge. Especially for women.
It was like from 22 to 29 before.
However the age became changeing to older and older. So, This way seems dosen't make
sence anymore. Just for cutoms, we still continuing.)
Does somebody noticed already?
I mentioned about "Momono sekku" at last year in this blog,
At that time, the dolls were smaller than this size.
I have 2 kinds of dolls which have 7 stages. This is the one of it.
When I and my sister was child, our grandmother bought this for us.
At every year we displayed this big one because of we loved.
However when I get adult I perfer to display simple type rather than gorgeous one.
And then I started use simple one that my mother bought when I was born.
It is only prince and princess.
But, my parents said " You sould keep big one in your house, we don't have enough
storage room for 7stages dools."
Then, They send lots of boxes to me!
Threfore, I display this gorgeous dolls in my house after 25 years absence.
I think my dolls feel so so happy that they are introduced in this blog to all over the people
now!
I will introduce a member of this dolls in this great chance.
At first she is the main character, princess. ↑
Her kimono called "Jyu ni hitoe" related to 1000years ago's kimono for women.
There are 12 layers inside!
Behind of her head, there is a light we called " Bonbori".
There is a real candle inside in old time, but now it's just an electric light.
And next, He is prince. We called "Odairi sama" in this festival.
People made this dolls images like, princess come to his place for marry.
She is a lady-in-waiting for princess. We have 3 of them. ↑
We called " San nin kanjyo".
They play music, read Japanese poem, protect princess and teacher for princess.
They could everything, kind of perfect women.
This is "Gonin bayashi". ↑
They are boys. Their hair style is different from adult.
1 of them play big drum, 2 of them plays small drum and 1 play plute, 1 sing a song.
This is young noble, right minister, we called " Udaijin".
He protects prince, and we have one more left minister, called" Sadaijinn" who is very old
man.
They were always together with prince, sometimes they helped prince 's love romance.
There are some tools for princess, which is chest, mirror and cage for carry princess.
In this picture, there are Japanese heating appliance , "Hibach", tools for tea ceremony, and
cow car.
Girls doll had started in the Heian period in Japan. In that time girls played with this dolls.
When the Edo priod came, people started to display this dolls,
tools and dolls chenged to gorgeous more than Heian period.
In spring season, we have a some antique dolls exhibition at old castle or old house in Japan.
These dolls were only for noble person's daughter before.
We have more simple dolls too. When you start reseach about simple one,
It also has so interesting history.
For example, This is "Nagashi bina" it oldest girls doll version.↓
They made by paper or straw, people throw it into a river.
We have also "Turushi bina" in East side of Shizuoka prefecture. The name of city is Inatori.
People make a small dolls, and they put it string one by one.
Inatori is near by Izu. Izu is famous place as a hot spring and fishing port.
People wait tourist with hanging down "Turushi bina" at entrance of Ryokan( Japanese style
hotel). It's so beautiful!
By the way, cold wave come to Japan, it not only Hamamatsu, we are still get so cold
everyday. But when I see girls doll, I can feel the spring will come soon.
I walk outside, the plum and peach flowers are blooming now.
Once I visited an exhibition of Kabuki dolls in the Art Museum in Minsk. One of them impressed me very much. That was the scene showing a prince who was going to war. But I didn't know what the tokens symbolized. Now I can understand something from your explanations. Thank you. :)
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