Meanings

young bird

model

hina doll

nestling

festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress

playing with dolls displayed on the Girl's Festival

chick

daisy (Bellis perennis)

paper dolls floated downriver on March 3

brooding

gifted young person who shows much promise

display of dolls during Hinamatsuri

Empress doll (in display with Emperor doll)

Emperor hina doll

kimekomi doll

young priest

gifted young person who shows much promise

sweetened rice-flour cakes for offering at the Dolls' Festival

sweets for offering at the Dolls' Festival

Chinese bleak (Aphyocypris chinensis)