Houseohld display for the Boys Festival, Japan, c. 1880 s

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Houseohld display for the Boys Festival, Japan, c. 1880 s

19th century vintage photograph: houseohld display for the Boys Festival, Japan, c.1880 s. The Japanese have a custom of holding a variety of events praying for the healthy growth of boys, on the day of Tango-no-sekku, and May 5 is a national holiday. This includes a display of armor, a helmet, a sword, a doll warrior, or a " gogatsu-ningyō" doll (literally, a doll of May) modelled after Kintarō (a famous brave boy in a nursery tale) on a tiered stand in a room

Media ID 23431856

Bygone Doll Ethnicity Ethnographic Tribal

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