PRICE DOWN! Elegant Hina Motif Kakejiku
Item: Scroll/Screen
History: quite new
Condition: excellent
Material: kenpon( silk scroll )
Price: $150.00
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ITEM # 58540
is a perfect present for a baby girl.
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***Hinamatsuri (Doll's Festival)****************************
"Hinamatsuri" occurs on March 3 and is an occation to pray for young girls' growth and happiness. Most homes with girls display dolls for the Doll's Festival and dedicate to them peach blossoms, rice cake cubes, special colored and diamond-shaped rice cakes, white sake, and other items. The origin of "Hinamatsuri" is an ancient Chinese practice in which the sin of the body and misfortune are transferred to a doll and washed away by setting the doll in a river to drift away. When this practice spread to Japan, it was linked to girl's playing with dolls and, in the Edo Period(1603-1867), was developed into the "Hinamatsuri".
***Hina-ningyo (Dolls for the Doll's Festival)**************
"Hina" are small dolls for girls and have existed since the Heian Period(794-1185). They took their present from in the Edo Period. A "doll Emperor and Empress in ancient costume," patterned after the Emperor and Empress, are placed on the highest tier of a five- or seven-tiered stand covered with a red carpet, and under them come the "Minister of the Right, Minister of the Left," the "three court ladies," and the "five court musicians," among others. However, in recent times, more and more homes have simplified this by setting out only the Emperor and Empress dolls.
***Kakejiku (Scroll)****************************************
Scrolls are hung or flower arrangements are displayed at "Tokonoma". "Tokonoma" are about the size of one or a half tatami mat and are set into one wall of Japanese-style rooms. A tokonoma is the place for "Kakejiku" or flower arrangements. Its floor is made of wood and is a step higher than the rest of the room. In the past, it was a place where divinities were worshiped, but from the Muromachi Period(1333-1573) and the Azuchi Momoyama Period(1573-1603) on it became a standard built-in feature with a decorative purpose. Recently, however in the average residence, there are many floor plans without tokonoma.
***Tatami***************************************************
A tatami mat is made of straw bundled in layers which are stitched together, and the surface is covered with tightly woven rushes. One tatami mat measures about 90x180cm (about 3'x 6'), and the size of a Japanese room is expressed by its number of tatami mats. It is worthy of note that Japanese customarily avoid stepping on the edge of a tatami mat, because that will hasten its wear and tear.
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