By:

Kate Smith!

Hinamatsu

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A Girl’s First TimeHatsu Zekku

Peach Blossom: Represents the Coming of Spring

•Put up in mid-February

•Trouble Marrying if not taken down by night of March 4!

Momo no Sekku

Started during Edo Period

Honored Heian Period

Dolls could hold evil spirits

Sent dolls down river to take bad luck away

~Heian Period~

• Classical Japan

• Peak of Japanese Imperial Court

• Art, Poetry, Literature

794 - 1185

Foods!

• Hishi-Mochi!

• Shirosake

• Dish with Clams

Hina Ningyo**Always on Red**

Works Cited

• Http://www.aurachan.faithweb.com/hinamatsuru.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hinamatsuri.html