What are the roles of the “three courtesans”? What do each of them bring with them?(Sanninkanzyo)
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A pair of three female dolls in a set of five or more dolls. Kanjo (courtesans) were women who were employed by the court, and their roles were to bring meals and take care of personal effects. In Hina dolls, they are placed as the dolls that take care of the dolls. The costume is called sanpaku (three white kimono and a long hakama of scarlet). The costumes are sanpaku (white kimono and long scarlet hakama) and uchikake. From the right to the left, the dolls are served with a long-handled sake bottle (nagae no choshi, a sake bottle with a long handle used for pouring sake). (a long-handled sake bottle used for pouring sake), and sanbo (a stand on which offerings to the gods are placed). The three sides of the choshi are a long-handled sake bottle (nagae choshi), a stand on which offerings are placed to the gods, etc., and an additional choshi (huwa no choshi). The woman in the middle is holding a long-handled sake bottle (choshi) into which sake is poured. The woman in the middle wears black teeth because she is married.
