Second tier decoration
Second tier decoration
This tier has three court ladies. The simplest Hina Dolls are only Sin-nou-kazari of the first platform. However, some people prefer decorating a three-steps-altar of Hina Dolls which must have this platform. Decorations: Any one of takatsuki, hishidai, or hogai is chosen for the decorations.
San-nin-kanjo
San-nin-kanjo means court ladies. They hold a sake-equipment.
This equipment is a drinking vessel, and it is used for performing a wedding ceremony. A standing woman on the right is holding a nagae-no-choushi, A sitting woman of center is holding a sanpou. Then, a standing woman on the left is holding a kuwae-no-choushi. Nagae-no-choushi is a long-handled sake server, and Kuwae-nochoushi is a sake server for adding sake to the Nagae-no-choushi. Sanpoumeans a table to carry sake. You can see the silver plate on sanpou, it is a Sake cup.
Takatsuki
Takatsuki means stand tables. White and pink materials on the takatsuki are round-shaped rice cakes. It is called maru-mochi. Pink is kind of red. Red and white are used for celebration because this combination has good meannings.
Hishi-dai
Hishi-dai means the table for hishi-mochi (the diamond-shape rice cake). They have five colors or three colors, and the reason is written as follows. White means snow, green means leaf, the other color means flowers, or flowers, moon and sun. so you can imagine a spring view.