Please see "Ibasen Ukiyo-e Museum" from the right side of Ibasen.

https://www.ibasen.co.jp/pages/gallery

Hinoki Fan" of Ohinasama is also displayed.

It is fun to learn about the tools that Ohinasama have and the meaning of each tool.

The

scepter

was a symbol of dignity and also a practical tool for attaching a memorandum of ceremonial arrangements.

The hinohiogi

(hinogi

fan) for the

ohinasama (female dolls

): Like the lord's, this also held a memorandum, but since a single scepter was not enough, it is said that the hinohiogi fan became folding fan.

This hinoki fan is also available at Ibasen. This special edition is also displayed at the Ukiyo-e Museum.

The three officials'

choshi (sake bottle)

: a tool used to pour sake, used as a replacement for the nagae choshi (sake bottle).

 Nagae no choshi: A sake vessel used to pour sake from a sake bottle into a sake cup.

 Sanpo (three treasures): a sake cup and the stand on which it was placed. Only she has black teeth.

▼Goninbayashi (five musicians)

 Depending on the dolls, this is sometimes a Gagaku (court music) player.
From left to right: taiko drum, ookawa drum, kotsuzumi (small hand drum), and flute, with the chanter holding a fan on the right.

Zuishin

 Left Minister (old man, on the right)
 Right Minister (young man, on the left)

 The Zuishin are the military officers who guard the court. The Ibasen's attendant is dressed in a splendid costume. They carry crowns, swords, bows, back arrows, and hand-held arrows.

Shicho

 Daigasa
 Tate-gasa
 Kutsudai

 These were the house servants of government offices and aristocratic households.



A hinoki fan is a wooden fan used at court. It is also spelled hinoki-fan.
The paper-made folding fan (蝙蝠/かかほり) was derived from this and came to be used for everyday use as an abbreviation of hinoki-fan.

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