This year you will be able to experience this beloved Japanese tradition in FUJITAYA. Where you can see an authentic “Hinadan” which is a special altar that is only placed for this celebration, then, we explain what you can find in each level and what it represents.
From upstairs
FIRST LEVEL: The emperor and the empress. At the top is the emperor and empress (they are called obina and mebina) presiding over the altar, wearing traditional costumes, they also put bombori next to them and sambou between them, on top of sambou, they put heishi which are put peach blossom.
SECOND LEVEL: Three ladies of the court. Below the emperors we can find the three court ladies, known as “san-nin kanjo”, wearing elegant garments. And among them, they wear cherry mochi or green moch, etc.
THIRD LEVEL: Five court musicians. Brightening up the altar are five musicians or better known as “go-nin bayashi”; each playing a different instrument. From the left, they have drum, okawatsuzumi (a type of drum), kotsuzumi (a type of drum), flute, and the boy on the right has a fan, he is a singer.
FOURTH LEVEL: Ministers who are called zuizin. Two ministers are placed; of which, one is young and the other is older. Between them, they put on “Hishi mochi” (a type of mochi that has three colors and a diamond shape) and a tray called kakebanzen.
FIFTH LEVEL: Men serving and taking care in imperial court. They are called shichō or ezi. Each has a different face: angry, crying, laughing. Their faces are said to signify the feelings of their lives. And, they put cherry and tachibana (tree) beside them.
SIXTH LEVEL: Utensils. You will find exhibited the interesting household objects and articles of daily use of the imperial court. They are called tansu, nagamochi, kyodai, hari-bako, uwazashi-bukuro, jibachi, sado-gu.
SEVENTH LEVEL: Utensils. Same as the sixth level, you will find exhibited the interesting household objects and articles of daily use of the imperial court. They are called okago, zyu-bako, gissha.
This time we have talked about the 7-story Hinadan, but in Japan you can find more variants, such as 3 or 5-story Hinadan or even 1-story Hinadan.
We hope you enjoyed your reading and we invite you to visit us so you can see in person an authentic seven-story Hinadan of “Hinamatsuri” in FUJITAYA.
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