. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .
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hina matsuri 雛祭と伝説 Legends about the Doll Festival
shiawasebina しあわせ雛 Happy Hina Dolls
Usaburo Kokeshi (卯三郎こけし) - Gunma
. Hina Doll Festival (hina matsuri 雛祭り) - March 03 .
- Introduction -
- CLICK on the photos below to see Hina Doll decorations from the prefectures!
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Hinazuru Jinja 雛鶴神社 （ひなづるじんじゃ） Hinatsuru Shrine
山梨県都留市朝日曾雌 Tsuru city, Asahi Soshi
Dedicated to Hinazuru Hime 雛鶴姫 Princess Hinazuru, Tsuruhime Sama 鶴姫さま
She was the wife of 護良親王 Moriyoshi Shinno, who's head is venerated at the Shrine 石船神社 Iwafune Jinja.
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Prince Moriyoshi (護良親王, Moriyoshi Shinnō, also called Prince Morinaga or Prince Oōtōnomiya) (1308 – 1335) was a Japanese prince and monk.
He was the son of Emperor Go-Daigo and his consort Minamoto no Chikako.
His wife was Princess Hinatsuru. She was pregnant and fled to Yamanashi.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !
- - - - - A legend from Yamanashi, 秋山村 Akiyama village:
In this village, people do not decorate with kadomatsu 門松 pine decorations.
Princess Hinazuru had fled to this village and died here on December 28.
So there was no time to put up pine decorations.
People stick a branch of the kunugi 椚 / 櫟 sawtooth oak, Quercus acutissima in the ground instead.
. kadomatsu 門松と伝説 Legends about pine decorations .
There is another Shrine with this name at Uenohara, Yamanashi.
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- - - - - ABC List of the prefectures :
In the year 1745, at the home of 中山大納言栄親卿 Nakayama Dainagon Naruchika the things decorated in his home seemed moving and ceramic pieces were floating around.
He had purifucation rituals held and died in the autumn of the year.
When the family decorated Hina dolls next year in March, the dolls begun to laugh.
......................................................................................... Kagawa 香川県
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木田郡 Kita district 三木町 Miki town
At the home of 三平 Sanpei, who lived near the graveyard at 二ノ坂 Ninosaka, they decorate Hina dolls and talk to them in a loud voice.
One day there was a fire at the home, but the Hina dolls seemed to come alive and rolled out of the danger.
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Kagawa 三豊市 Mitoyo city 仁尾町 Nio town
shishi koma 獅子駒 / シシコマ rice cake offerings like animals
Once there was the castle of 細川越中の守 the Hosokawa regent of Etchu, but the castle was lost in war and 長曽我部氏 Lord Chosokabe commited suicide on the day of the Hina Doll Festival.
Therefore the people of the area do not decorate Hina dolls in March, but on hassaku 八朔 the first of August.
His soul came back as a strange beast, and caused much trouble. To appease his soul people prepared special rice cakes.
. hassaku 八朔 (はっさく) first of August .
Many people in Western and Central Japan prepare these rice cakes for the Hassaku rituals.
hassakubina, hassaku hina 八朔雛
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......................................................................................... Kumamoto 熊本県
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玉名郡 Tamana district 南関町 Nankan town
Once upon a time
A father of two sons told them to leave home for three years to learn something and then come back.
The elder son became a skilled carpenter.
The other brought two beautiful ひーなさん Hina dolls - he had stolen them from the home where he had worked, and thus became a thief.
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......................................................................................... Niigata 新潟県
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糸魚川市 Itoigawa city
On March 3, the day of the Hina Matsuri it usually rains.
It also rains if people do not pack the dolls away on the fourth day it will rain and a daughter of such a home will have a hard time finding a husband.
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......................................................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県
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磐田市 Iwata city
. ujigami 氏神 clan KAMI deities .
The clan deities do not like Hina dolls and the villagers to not celebrate on March 3.
If a family keeps dolls, they would have bad luck and get ill.
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......................................................................................... Tokyo 東京都
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八王子市 Hachioji city
Two beautifully dressed girls kept going up and down the staircase. When the housewife went up there, she fould an old box in the corner with Hina dolls.
These two had wanted to be shown again and thus the family offered them to the local Shinto Shrine.
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......................................................................................... Yamagata 山形県
miruna no zashiki みるなの座敷 "don't look in the living room"
In the mansion there was a special room where men were not allowed to look inside.
One man did not adhere to this rule and stepped inside.
The first room was decorated for the New Year,
The second room was for the hatsu-uma 初午 first day of the horse in February.
The third one was for the Hina Doll festival in March.
May was for taue 田植え planting the rice fields.
June was for pulling weeds from the fields.
July (not August) was for bon odori 盆踊り the Bon dance.
September was for inekari 稲刈り cutting the rice.
October was for dakkoku 脱穀 threshing.
When he looked in the last room for December, there was a very strong snowstorm and the man died in the cold.
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......................................................................................... Yamanashi 山梨県
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富士吉田市 Fuji Yoshida
If the Hina dolls are not taken out for display until the 28th of February, they will begin to cry.
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Yamanashi Tsurushibina Kan つるし雛館 Museum for Tsurushibina hanging dolls
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. tsurushibina, tsurushi bina つるし雛 / 吊るし雛 small hanging hina dolls .
These small dolls are suspended from the ceiling, an umbrella or a large branch ...
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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
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