Hina Festival

雛祭・雛人形(Hinamatsuri / Hinaningyo)

雛祭 (Hinamatsuri)

雛 (Hina)

祭 (matsuri) = Festival

雛人形 (Hinaningyo)

雛 (Hina)

人形 (Ningyo) = Doll

"Hina-Doll" imitates the costume of the court. Hairstyle is "Osuberakashi" and "Kotensagekami". "Osuberakashi" is a relatively new hairstyle completed in the latter part of the Edo period after the hairstyle from the Heian period passed through Kamakura and Muromachi. "Kotensagekami" is also called Warige. In the Heian era long black hair was regarded as a beautiful condition and all the hair was flowed behind, and hair was wrapped in hair with hair in a hair style that trimmed both cheeks slightly hanging down Showing it to the face length emphasizes the whiteness of the skin color and makes it look beautiful. "Kotensagekami" is a technique more difficult than "Osuberakashi", and now the skill of the hairdresser is questioned and it is rare now.

Many are made by combining costumes on the foundation made of straw and coalesced heads separately made. Also popular are those made with relatively small size by the technique of grain grappling. In addition, there are also many kinds, such as those made of earth and pottery · wooden products.

Hina dolls were supposed to be given as gifts from maternal parents because they were considered to be one of the wedding tools since ancient times. Because of this, there are things that are being passed on and on, and others brought in when you are married from a distance, so the regional differences can not be said unconditionally, but it is divided between the Kanto region and the Kansai region, and how to decorate, shapes and belongings of each doll Are different.

In the Kanto region, there are many things that mainly represent the belongings and livelihoods of samurai, many in the Kansai region imitating the living of the Imperial Palace and the Imperial Palace.