Celebrating Girls Day: “Hina” Dolls Among Treasures of Mitsubishi Zaibatsu Head Iwasaki Koyata on Exhibit in Tokyo

Hina Dolls by Ōki Heizō V from the Iwasaki family collection. In the background is a gold byōbu folding screen by Kawabata Gyokushō titled Bokubaizu Byōbu (ink plum blossoms). The items, belonging to Seikadō Bunko Art Museum, are on display for the first time.

A court girl bearing a kuwaenochōshi decanter and garbed in an exquisitely embroidered kosode kimono.

The dolls’ ornaments, kimono, and tools all bear skillfully worked hanabishimon flower crests.

Archival photograph of the Iwasaki family dolls.

National treasure tea bowl Yōhen Tenmoku.

Tiles from the Iwasaki family home.

Doll of nō actor Umewaka Rokurō in the play “Hagoromo.” The woodcarving by Maki Toshitaka is made from a single piece of wood, including the pedestal.

The Meiji Seimei Kan, which houses the Seikadō Marunouchi exhibition space, is an important cultural property built during the Shōwa era.

Beautiful dairibina dolls express the deep love Koyata felt for Takako.