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Hinamatsuri

Hinamatsuri, the Doll Festival or Girls’ Day, is held annually on March 3 to celebrate the happiness and health of young girls. The holiday originated during the Edo period (1600-1868) to ward off evil spirits, and at some Hinamasturi festivals today, people release paper dolls into the rivers to carry away sickness and bad fortune. Setting up a display of special festival dolls in the house is fundamental to the festival. Hinamatsuri dolls, known has hina-ninygo, wear Heian period (794-1192) clothing, and are placed in specific locations according to hierarchy on a tiered platform covered with red felt. A Hinamatsuri doll set always includes an emperor and an empress doll, and larger displays also have courtiers, guards, and furnishings.

2004.10.2 No Actor Doll (front)
AB 1055 dd Hinaningyo Court Servant (front)
AB 1055 f Hinaningyo Empress Doll (front)
AB 1055 g Hinaningyo Emperor Doll (front)
AB 1055 k, l Kakebanzen
AB 1055 p Hinaningyo Lady-in-Waiting (front)
AB 1055 r ww Sakura Tree
AB 1055 t Taiko drummer doll (front)
AB 1055 w Musician Hinaningyo (front)
AB 1055 y Hinamatsuri Guard Doll (front)
AB 1130 m Hinaningyo
AB 62-1 a-u Miniature Hinaningyo Set
AB 70-3 v Gosho-guruma
AB 81-93 a Warabe-ningyo
AB 88-1 Miniature Hinaningyo Set (open)
AB 90-4 a,b Snoopy Hinaningyo