Ornamental dolls representing the Emperor, Empress, attendants, and musicians in the traditional court dress of the Heian period, the sokutai and karaginu mo. Displayed before and during the Hinamatsuri (Japanese Doll Festival, or Girls' Day) held on March 3rd.

This tag includes both the doll set itself and situations where characters dress up as any of the dolls.

The (typically red) multi-tiered stand where the dolls are set is called hinadan.

Hishimochi, hina arare, folding screen and bonbori are placed around the dolls.

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The following tags are aliased to this tag: hina_doll_set (learn more).

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