I used to say with my honey that : If we have some daughters, I will buy for them many many Japanese dolls in Hina Matsuri day.
Hina Matsuri day is the day for girls . Certainly it is a big festival in Japan. It is happened on 3rd, May every years.
In the Japanese ancient beliefs, Japanese people thought that : The dolls replaced for the girls or boys so every bad or evil spirits could not penetrate to the souls of people. First time, they made the paper dolls and brought to the Shrine to exorcized then fired them and that ceremony happned in only the royal family or the rich .
Time by time, that ceremony became more popular and now, it is the color of the morden life in Japan.
The collection of dolls usually has 4~5 levels, but now it has 3 or only 1 couple of the king and queen . The image of the King and Queen and the royal family have the meaning that all the girls would have a sufficient and happy life .
We can see the clothes of the king and queen are in the Heian time because the kimonos have many layers so many people think that the Hina Matsuri festival started in Heian time but in fact, it started in the Edo time ( 17th century ) and become the national festival in 1687.
In that day, Japanese wagashi cake is this cake. It has 3 colors and called Hishi mochi. It is made by rice powder ( mochi ). The colors are : green, the fresh of the summer , white is the fresh of the snow in winter and pink is the color of Sakura flower.
But when you display your collection, please be careful with Neko-sanma.
