Let’s wish for growth and happiness for girls!
In Japan, March 3rd is the day called the Dolls’ Festival or Girls’ Festival. Families with girls celebrate the day to wish their young daughters for growth and happiness, displaying a set of hina dolls.
The way of displaying only a pair of dolls is called shinnou-kazari or literally prince decoration, which shows the Emperor and the Empress. This craftwork was made in the late 1970s by a famous doll craftsperson, Heian Keiho, a prize winner of the Medal with Yellow Ribbon.
The Imperial palace dolls-like hina ones on the four-tiered stand were made of wood by one-knife carving in the Taisho period (1912-1926).
西荻のひな祭り2022
女の子の成長と幸福を願いましょう！
日本では、3月3日は「ひな祭り」の日。女の子のいる家庭では、ひな人形を飾って、この日を祝い、娘の成長と幸福を願います。
この一対のひな人形は、「親王飾り」という飾り方で、内裏雛を表し、黄綬褒章を受章した人形作家の平安桂甫（へいあんけいほ）による昭和50年代の作。
４段のひな飾りは御所人形風の一刀彫り作品で、大正時代の作といわれる。
One-knife carved hina dolls 一刀彫りのひな
