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the left (from the viewer's perspective).
Second platform
The second tier holds three court ladies san-nin kanjo. Each holds sake equipment. From the
viewer's perspective, the standing lady on the right is the long-handled sake-bearer Nagae no
chshi, the standing lady on the left is the backup sake-bearer Kuwae no chshi, and the only
lady in the middle is the seated sake bearer Sanp.
Accessories placed between the ladies are takatsuki, stands with round table-tops for seasonal
sweets, excluding hishimochi.
Third platform
The third tier holds five male musicians gonin bayashi (?). Each holds a musical
instrument except the singer, who holds a fan.
Left to right, from viewer's perspective, they are the:
1.Small drum Taiko, seated,
2.Large drum tsuzumi, standing,
3.Hand drum Kotsuzumi, standing,
4.Flute Fue or Yokobue seated,
5.Singer Utaikata, holding a folding fan sensu, seated.
Fourth platform
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