{"id":60,"date":"2009-03-19T11:09:35","date_gmt":"2009-03-19T15:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=60"},"modified":"2009-03-19T11:09:35","modified_gmt":"2009-03-19T15:09:35","slug":"japanese-festival-hina-matsuri-%e9%9b%9b%e7%a5%ad%e3%82%8a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/japanese-festival-hina-matsuri-%e9%9b%9b%e7%a5%ad%e3%82%8a\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Festival: Hina Matsuri (\u96db\u796d\u308a)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hina Matsuri (\u96db\u796d\u308a<\/strong><\/span><\/span>) literally means “Doll Festival.”\u00a0 You’re probably thinking it’s a festival for dolls, but that’s not quite true.\u00a0 It’s a festival for young girls.\u00a0 For\u00a0presents, young girls receive a hina ningyo (\u96db\u4eba\u5f62<\/strong><\/span><\/span>) or a set of dolls.\u00a0 A basic doll set comes with a\u00a0five-level-platform called a hina dan (\u96db\u58c7<\/strong><\/span><\/span>).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"The first level contains the dairibina (\u3060\u3044\u308a\u3073\u306a<\/strong>) or the royal dolls.\u00a0 The royal dolls\u00a0consist of\u00a0the odairisama (\u5fa1\u5185\u88cf\u69d8<\/strong><\/span><\/span>) and the ohinasama (\u5fa1\u96db\u69d8<\/strong><\/span><\/span>).\u00a0 The odairisama (\u5fa1\u5185\u88cf\u69d8<\/strong><\/span><\/span>) is the emperor and in turn the ohinasama (\u5fa1\u96db\u69d8<\/strong><\/span><\/span>) is the empress.\u00a0 A thin screen called a byoobu (\u5c4f\u98a8<\/strong><\/span><\/span>) is placed in front of the royal dolls.\u00a0 I’m gonna go off into a sligh tangent about the byoobu (\u5c4f\u98a8<\/strong><\/span><\/span>) so please bear with me.\u00a0 Up until WWII, the royal family in Japan were considered to be of divine descent.\u00a0 Therefore, the byoobu (\u5c4f\u98a8<\/strong><\/span><\/span>) serves as a physical divider between the royal family and a “commoner:.\u00a0 It used to be forbidden for a commoner to look directly at a royal family member.\u00a0 It was thought that the commoner would naturally go blind because the royal family were divine gods.<\/p>\n

\"\"Ok, now that I’ve got that out of my system, let’s talk about the second floor.\u00a0 Just beneath the royal dolls are the court ladies.\u00a0 The court ladies are called san-nin kanjo (\u4e09\u4eba\u5b98\u5973<\/strong><\/span><\/span>).\u00a0 All the ladies have a primary function.\u00a0 Believe it or not, it’s an important function because they are\u00a0to pour sake (\u9152<\/strong>) for the emperor and empress so that the cups are always filled.\u00a0 Each of the ladies are separated by a takatsuki (\u9ad8\u574f<\/strong><\/span><\/span>).\u00a0 A takasuki (\u9ad8\u574f<\/strong><\/span><\/span>) is a round table with rice cakes on it.<\/p>\n

Speaking of rice cakes, I’ve got to go check on mine (they’re on the stove) so I’ll be back to tell you about the remainder of the dolls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hina Matsuri (\u96db\u796d\u308a) literally means “Doll Festival.”\u00a0 You’re probably thinking it’s a festival for dolls, but that’s not quite true.\u00a0 It’s a festival for young girls.\u00a0 For\u00a0presents, young girls receive a hina ningyo (\u96db\u4eba\u5f62) or a set of dolls.\u00a0 A basic doll set comes with a\u00a0five-level-platform called a hina dan (\u96db\u58c7).\u00a0 The first level contains…<\/p>\n

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