The top pedestal
The top pedestal
This is the most important altar, because it is an only altar which can be called Hina-dolls.
Dolls: the dolls of Dairi-bina means Emperor and Empress of the imperial dolls.
Decorations: Byoubu, San-pou, bonbori, and the other decorations.
Dairi-Bina
Dairi-bina are Hina Dolls which means an emperor and an empress doll of the imperial dolls.
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The folding hand funs (wooden, or paper fans) are held by Empress doll. The other ones are attached to Emperor. Emperor has a shaku (a wooden, or a plastic stick). It is said that important/ necessary things for the ceremony were written in this shaku.
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Byobu
Byoubu is screen panels for Hina Dolls. They are decorated behind the emperor and the empress. Byoubu has several styles which are 6, 3, 4, and 8 fold panels etc. The style of Byoubu produces are for vouilious styles of Hina Dolls.
Bonbori
bonbori are Lantern for Hina Dolls. They are usually decorated beside dairi-bina. The lamp shades are called Hoya which has various patterns and shapes.
Shoku-dai
These ones are also lights. The Hina Dolls display has either this syokudai or bonbori. shokudai is often used for Kimekomi Dolls because the combo of Kimekomi Dolls and shokudai is traditional style.
Sanpo
Sanpou is flowers in vases on the table, and it is put on between dairi-bina.
Hokai
Hokai are acquered wooden boxes in which preserved foods such as clams. They are decorated in front of dairi-Bina but it is not so common. they are also put on the other altar.
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.