Zashiki banner” is a miniaturized version of the outer decorations for Boys’ Festival(Zashikinobori)
Children’s Day (national holiday; May 5th)Boy’s Day celebration (May 5th)
A smaller version of the outdoor decorations for Dragon Boat Festival, which can be displayed indoors. In the early days, outside decorations such as banners, streamers, spears, long swords, and decorative helmets were displayed on fences erected in front of houses. In the mid-Edo period, the outside decorations themselves became smaller and were displayed in front of stores or on the porch. The zashiki banner is an even more compact version of this. A banner was placed at both ends, and a keiyari (a spear decorated with bird feathers at the end) was placed between the two banners. Between the two ends of the banner are a ke-ayari (a spear decorated with bird feathers on the tip) and a fukuro-yari (a spear with a retractable spearhead). The spear is decorated with bird feathers at the tip, and a braid is attached to it. The spear is used to indicate the location of a warrior general. The pole is decorated with a decoration at the end and a long, thin tassel called a bannen below it), a small carp banner, and a blowashi (a streamer). In front of the zashiki banner, warrior dolls and bows and arrows are displayed.
