Japanese festivals
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
Two ministers (daijin) may be displayed on the fourth tier: the Minister of the Right and the
Minister of the Left . The Minister of the Right is depicted as a young person, while the
Minister of the Left is much older. Also, because the dolls are placed in positions relative to
each other, the Minister of the Right will be on the viewer's left and the Minister of the Left
will be on the viewer's right
annaabi.ee 
