How do you read “shicho”? What do the different expressions mean? Hina Dolls(Shicho)
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A pair of three male dolls in a set of fifteen dolls. They are also called “eji,” which means “guards,” and they serve as attendants or attendants to nobles at court. In the Kyoto style, the dolls carry different items: from right to left, a broom, a dustpan, and a rake. The expressions of anger, laughter, and tears, from right to left, are said to represent a person’s life from short-tempered youth, through pessimistic middle age, and on to happy old age.
