Warrior doll - Mushaningyo

Japanese: 武者人形 - むしゃにんぎょう

Also called May Dolls. These are dolls displayed on the Boys' Festival, which is held on May 5th. There has long been a custom of displaying irises and other items on the Boys' Festival, but from the early Edo period onwards, people began to build shelves in front of their homes, set up spears, naginata, banners and other items on them and display large dolls. In the mid-Edo period, independent warrior dolls began to be displayed in places visible from the street, such as on verandas or in front of stores, and in the later period, small ones were displayed inside the home and became popular. Warrior dolls depict brave figures such as Kintoki, Shoki, Empress Jingu and Takeuchi Sukune, Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Kato Kiyomasa.

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Japanese:

五月人形ともいう。5月5日の端午の節句に飾る人形。端午の節句には古くからしょうぶなどを飾る風習があったが，江戸時代の前期頃から家の前に棚をつくり，それに槍，なぎなた，のぼりなどを立て，大型の人形を飾るようになった。江戸時代中期には独立した武者人形を縁側や店先など，往来から見えるところに飾るようになり，さらに後期には家の中に飾る小型のものとなって普及した。武者人形には金時や鍾馗 (しょうき) ，神功皇后と武内宿禰 (すくね) ，源義経，加藤清正など，勇ましいものが擬せられる。

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