{"id":1307,"date":"2013-03-03T03:23:27","date_gmt":"2013-03-03T08:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/?p=1307"},"modified":"2020-07-20T03:52:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T08:52:50","slug":"japans-doll-festival-march-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/?p=1307","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#8217;s  Doll Festival &#8211; March 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japan&#8217;s Doll Festival (Hina Matsuri \u96db\u796d) has a very curious history, one largely forgotten in contemporary times. Held on March three every year since the mid-to-late Edo period (1600-1867), it was originally a day for ritual purification known as J\u014dshi no Sekku \u4e0a\u5df3\u306e\u7bc0\u53e5 (literally &#8220;Seasonal Festival of the Snake&#8221;) when people would rub their bodies with crude human-shaped figurines made of paper, straw, clay or wood. These figurines served as &#8220;scapegoats&#8221; for exorcising spiritual pollution and bad karma. The word for snake (J\u014dshi) sounds like the word for girl (Joshi \u5973\u5b50), and the festival eventually became geared towards girls. The first sekku \u7bc0\u53e5 (seasonal festival) after the birth of a baby girl, it is now a day when charming dolls are set out for display to symbolize the family&#8217;s wish that their daughter will be healthy, free from calamity and able to obtain a happy life with a good husband. But it was not always so. Click the image below to read more, or <a title=\"Hina Matsuri, Japan's Doll Festival in March each year\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onmarkproductions.com\/html\/hina-matsuri-dolls.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1311\" style=\"width: 552px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onmarkproductions.com\/html\/hina-matsuri-dolls.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/www.onmarkproductions.com\/html\/hina-matsuri-dolls.html noopener\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1311\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1311 size-full\" title=\"The doll collection of Keiko (Kamioka) Schumacher\" src=\"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/buddha-blog-hina-matsuri-dolls.jpg\" alt=\"The doll collection of Keiko (Kamioka) Schumacher\" width=\"542\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/buddha-blog-hina-matsuri-dolls.jpg 542w, https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/buddha-blog-hina-matsuri-dolls-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The doll collection of Keiko (Kamioka) Schumacher<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan&#8217;s Doll Festival (Hina Matsuri \u96db\u796d) has a very curious history, one largely forgotten in contemporary times. 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