This is a papercraft for Hinamatsuri, it is from yamaha papercraft. The “momo-no-sekku” celebrating the “hina matsuri” of today stems from an old Chinese custom “joshi-no-matsuri (Festival of the Serpent Day)”. In order to offer petitions (prayers) for health and happiness in the coming year people ritually transferred their misfortunes and sins to “hito-gata” at the waterside and set them adrift in the river. This custom was performed on the first day of the “mi” (“snake” in Chinese zodiacal symbols) in March and it was accompanied by the drinking of sake made from peaches, which was believed to have the power to drive away devils. It was in the Nara era (710-794) that this custom was introduced to Japan and it was on this day each year that the “kyokusui-no-en” was held among the aristocrats of the Heian era (794- 1185).
Today this custom still lives in the Tottori region, and the “nagashi-bina (Drifting Hina Dolls)”, which is celebrated on March 3 of the lunar calendar, is considered to be an inheritance from the above festival.
The word “hina” is derived from “hiina”, a pair of male/female dolls handcrafted by female servants at the Court. References to “hina” appear in the literary output of women writers of the Heian era, such as in “Makura-no-Soshi (The Pillow Book)”, “Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji)”, and “Kagero Nikki (The Gossamer Years)”. The archetype of the pair of male/female “hina” dolls is the ritual god that was hung on the bamboo blind at the building called Sanjo Den in the court. This is the “Sai-no-Kami” that protects this world at its frontier with the afterworld. In ancient times, it was believed that misfortunes came from the afterworld. The custom of ritually having the dead carry away misfortunes of this world to the afterworld is found in “amagatsu”, which is another archetype of “hina”. The “amagatsu” doll, which was used as “katashiro” for funerals, were transformed into ones used at a child’s birth to bear their misfortunes in life. For boys, they were used until they reach manhood. After a ceremony to express gratitude, they are burned to ashes and returned to the ground. For girls, they are brought with them in marriage to the husband’s house and used by them until they give birth to a child. “Amagatsu” are also referred to as “hoko”. After the Girls’ Festival gained popularity among aristocrats and feudal lords in the Edo era (1600 -1868), they began to display them by using “amagatsu” as male dolls and “hoko” as female dolls.
About Hinamatsuri: The Japanese Doll Festival, or Girls’ Day, is held on March 3. 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.
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